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Book SynopsisFor a long time, World War I has been shortchanged by the historiography of science. Until recently, World War II was usually considered as the defining event for the formation of the modern relationship between science and society. In this context, the effects of the First World War, by contrast, were often limited to the massive deaths of promising young scientists.
Table of ContentsPlacing World War I in the history of mathematics by D. Aubin and C. Goldstein Starting Up: Cambridge mathematicians' responses to the First World War by J. Barrow-Green The total war of Paris mathematicians by D. Aubin, H. Gispert, and C. Goldstein Joining In: Italian mathematicians and the First World War: Intellectual debates and institutional innovations by P. Nastasi and R. Tazzioli A mobilized community: Mathematicians in the United States during the First World War by T. Archibald, D. Dumbaugh, and D. Kent Moving On: Debating the place of mathematics at the Ecole polytechnique around World War I by J.-L. Chabert and C. Gilain ""I'm just a mathematician"": Why and how mathematicians collaborated with military ballisticians at Gavre by D. Aubin Crossing Through: The Moravian crossroad: Mathematics and mathematicians in Brno between German traditions and Czech hopes by L. Mazliak and P. Sisma Why aerodynamics failed to take off in Nancy: An unexpected casualty of World War I by L. Rollet and P. Nabonnand Index
