Germany celebrates the »Year of Mathematics« (Jahr der Mathematik)
2008-01-23
The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research has declared 2008 as the Year of Mathematics. A lot of events and activities are planned to focus the interest of the general public to mathematics and its applications, for more information see Scientific Year 2008: Year of Mathematics (in German).
FIZ Karlsruhe, Zentralblatt MATH contributes a report entitled »Mathematik im Blickpunkt: Wissensmanagement in der Mathematik - 140 Jahre Information zur Literatur weltweit« (»Focus on mathematics: Knowledge management in mathematics - 140 years of information on the worldwide literature«).
It gives an overview about the history, the state of the art and the perspective of information management in mathematics.