<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>De: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">IMU Secretary</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:secretary@mathunion.org">secretary@mathunion.org</a>></span><br>Date: mié, 10 ago 2022 a la(s) 04:07<br>Subject: [IMU AO CL 22/2022] New book on the history of the IMU!<br>To: <<a href="mailto:ao@mathunion.org">ao@mathunion.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">To: The Adhering Organizations of the International Mathematical Union (IMU)<br><br>Dear colleagues,<div><br></div><div>It is with great pleasure that I announce the publication of the book</div><div>"<i>Framing Global Mathematics: The International Mathematical </i></div><div><i>Union between Theorems and Politics</i>” </div><div>by Norbert Schappacher (Springer, Cham, 2022).</div><div><br></div><div><span>Schappacher's book provides the most comprehensive and exciting take on the history of the </span></div><div><span>IMU since Olli Lehto's "Mathematics without borders, a history of the International Mathematical Union”, </span></div><div><span>and more broadly analyzes the historical context of today's mathematics and its place in world culture. </span></div><div><span>It is available in open access and can be freely</span><b> </b>downloaded from <a href="https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-95683-7" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>The origins of this project date back to 2019, when – following a call made to all AOs </div><div>(see <a href="https://www.mathunion.org/fileadmin/IMU/Publications/CircularLetters/2019-2020/IMU%20AO%20CL%2010_2019.pdf" target="_blank">AO CL 10/2019</a>) – the IMU solicited the writing of a book to mark the occasion of the centennial </div><div>of the founding of the IMU in 1920. The project is generously sponsored by the Klaus Tschira Foundation.</div><br>Please help promote this book in the mathematics community of your country.<div><br><div>Regards</div><div>Helge Holden</div><div><br></div><div>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#315880">Prof. Helge Holden</span></strong><br>
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