"The ‘Courant Hilton’: building the mathematical sciences at New York University" by Brit Shields

February 28, 2024

Brit Shields, a historian and sociologist at the University of Pennsylvania, has pubished a fascniating article on the early years of the Courant Institute in the The British Journal for the History of Science. Professor Shields has written extensively on Richard Courant and his impact on mathematics; her latest article focuses on Warren Weaver Hall and "explores how mid-twentieth-century mathematicians at New York University envisioned their discipline, cultural identities and social roles, and how these self-constructed identities materialized in the planning of their new academic building." You can find the full text here.