A Challenge of Numbers:

People in the Mathematical Sciences

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Publication Year:1990

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Bernard L. Madison for the Committee on the Mathematical Sciences in the Year 2000, National Research Council
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A Challenge of Numbers describes the circumstances and issues centered on people in the mathematical sciences, principally students and teachers at U.S. colleges and universities. A healthy flow of mathematical talent is crucial not only to the future of U.S. ...
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Front Matter	i-xvi
1 Introduction and Historical Perspective	1-8	(skim)
2 The U.S. Labor Force and Higher Education	9-18	(skim)
3 College and University Mathematical Sciences	19-34	(skim)
4 Majors in Mathematics and Statistics	35-52	(skim)
5 Mathematical Scientists in the Workplace	53-72	(skim)
6 Issues and Implications	73-74	(skim)
Bibliography	75-86	(skim)
Appendix Tables	87-119	(skim)

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A Challenge of Numbers describes the circumstances and issues centered on people in the mathematical sciences, principally students and teachers at U.S. colleges and universities. A healthy flow of mathematical talent is crucial not only to the future of U.S. mathematics but also as a keystone supporting a technological workforce. Trends in the mathematical sciences' most valuable resource--its people--are presented narratively, graphically, and numerically as an information base for policymakers and for those interested in the people in this not very visible, but critical profession.

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People in the Mathematical Sciences

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