The Myth and the Medal

Bibliography for "The Myth and the Medal," Notices of the American Mathematical Society 62(1), January 2015, pp. 15-20.

Preprint (pdf, 150k).

Sources cited in the article

• Ahlfors, L.V., undated (last listed entry is from 1953). Curriculum Vitae. Harvard University Archives, Papers of Lars Valerian Ahlfors, HUGFP 150, box 1, folder 1.
• Barany, M.J., Forthcoming. Remunerative Combinatorics: Funding the 1950 International Congress of Mathematicians. In: B. Larvor (ed.) Mathematical Cultures. Springer.
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Periodicals referenced

• Anderson, R.H., 1966. Scientists Urged to Condemn U.S.: War Role and House Inquiry Targets at World Parley. The New York Times, August 22.
• Anderson, R.H., 1966. American Critical in Soviet-Briefly. The New York Times, August 27.
• Barany, M.J., 2014. How Math Got Its `Nobel.' The New York Times, August 10, Sunday Review, SR12.
• L'Est Republicain. 1950. La Medaille Field au Mathematicien Laurent Schwartz. October 24, p. 2.
• Gettysburg Times (Pennsylvania), 1966. U.S. Math Teacher Wins Soviet Award. August 6.
• Daily Mail (Hagerstown, Md.), 1966. Berkeley Prof to Go to Moscow for Award. August 6.
• Hattiesburg American (Mississippi). 1936. Mathematics Award. July 14.
• Daily Review (Hayward, Cal.), 1966. Smale Getting Russian Medal. August 6.
• Kilpatrick, J., 1967. Why Subsidize a Dissenter? Newsday, December 11, p. 37.
• Langer, E., 1966. HUAC: Inquiry into Peace Movement Has Ramifications in Academia. Science, 2 September, 153(3740):1087.
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Proceedings of International Congresses of Mathematicians

The International Mathematical Union makes historical proceedings available online, here.

• Protokoll der Schlussitzung. 1932. In: Walter Saxer (ed.) Verhandlungen des Internationalen Mathematiker-Kongresses Zurich 1932, vol. 1: Bericht und Allgemeine Vortrage. Orell Fussli, Zurich and Leipzig, pp. 58-61.
• Protocole de la Seance d'Ouverture. 1937. In: Comptes Rendus du Congres International des Mathematiciens, Oslo 1936. A.W. Broggers, Oslo, vol. 1, pp. 40-45.
• Castelnuovo, G. (ed.), 1909. Atti del IV Congresso Internazionale dei Matematici (Roma, 6-11 Aprile 1908), Vol. I: Relazione Sul Congresso - Discorsi e Conferenze. R. Accademia de Lincei, Rome, pp. 30, 209-216.
• Bohr, H., 1952. Address of Professor Harald Bohr. In Graves et al. (ed.), Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 1950. American Mathematical Society, Providence, pp. 127-134.

Further Reading

• Bartholomew, J.R., 2005. One Hundred Years of the Nobel Science Prizes. Isis 96(4):625-632.
• [additional link] Barany, M.J., 2018, The Fields Medal should return to its roots. Nature 553, 18 January 2018, pp. 271-273.
• Crawford, E., 1992. Nationalism and Internationalism in Science, 1880-1939: Four Studies of the Nobel Population. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
• Friedman, R.M., 2001. The Politics of Excellence: Behind the Nobel Prize in Science. W. H. Freeman, New York.
• Mittag-Leffler, G., Mittag-Leffler, S., 1916. The Mittag-Leffler Testament and Institute, trans. C.E. Seely. Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society 23(1):31-34.
• Parshall, K.H., Rice, A.C. (eds.), 2002. Mathematics Unbound: The Evolution of an International Mathematical Research Community, 1800-1945. American Mathematical Society, Providence.
• Schaffer, S., 2014. Sarton Medal Acceptance Speech, Boston, MA, 23 November 2013. Newsletter of the History of Science Society 43(2):5-6.

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