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As the demands of science and society for mathematical literacy increase, the percentage of American college students intending to major in mathematics plummets and achievement scores of entering college students continue thelt unremit- ting decline. As research in core mathematics reaches unprecedented heights of power and sophistication, the growth of diverse applied special- ties threatens to fragment mathematics into distinct and frequently hostile mathematical sciences. These crises in mathematics presage difficulties for science and engineer- ing, and alarms are beginning to sound in the scientific and even in the political communities. Citing a trend towards virtual scientific and techno- logical illiteracy and a shrinking of our national commitment to excel- lence . . . in science, mathematics and technology, a recent study con- ducted for the President by the U. S. National Science Foundation and Department of Education warns of serious impending shortcomings in public understanding of science. Today people in a wide range of non- scientific . . . professions must have a greater understanding of technology than at any time in our history. Yet our educational system does not now provide such understanding.  The study goes on to conclude that present trends pose great risk of manpower shortages in the mathematical and engineering sciences. The pool from which our future scientific and engineering personnel can be drawn is . . . in danger of becoming smaller, even as the need for such personnel is increasing.  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The idea of assembling such a volume goes back at least to 1974, when it was discussed by the then-newly-formed Joint Projects Committee for Mathematics (JPCM) of the American Mathematical Soci- ety, the Mathematical Association of America, and the Society for Indus- trial and Applied Mathematics. Currently, the nine members of the JPCM are Saunders Mac Lane (Chairman) of the University of Chicago, Frederick J. Almgren, Jr. of Princeton University, Richard D. Anderson of Louisiana State University, George E. Carrier of Harvard University, Hirsh G. Cohen ofthe International Business Machines Corporation, Richard C. DiPrima of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Robion C. Kirby of the University of California at Berkeley, William H. Kruskal of the University of Chicago, and George D. Mostow of Yale University. The JPCM decided to make production of this volume its first major proj- ect and requested the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences (CBMS), of which its three sponsoring societies are all member organiza- tions, to approach the National Science Foundation on its behalffor support of the undertaking. A proposal submitted by the C BMS in December 1974 and in revised form in July 1975 was granted by the Foundation in May 1976, and work on assembling the volume got under way.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52141845610769,"sku":"NLS9781461394372","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781461394372.jpg?v=1757578360"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/collections\/author-books-by-la-steen.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}