Mathematicians at war Volterra and his French colleagues in World War I
Numerous scientists have taken part in the war effort during World War I, but few gave it the passionate energy of the prominent Italian mathematician Volterra. As a convinced supporter of the cause of Britain and France, he struggled vigorously to carry Italy into the war in May 1915 and then devel...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Dordrecht, Netherlands :
Springer Verlag
2009.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2009. |
| Colección: | Archimedes (Dordrecht, Netherlands) ;
v. 22. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009455010706719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- I. Introduction to the letters
- What Is this Book About?
- The Protagonists
- Italy and France at the Eve of WW1
- Vito Volterra and his institutional activity
- Volterra and Italian Interventionism Between 1914 and 1915
- II. Volterra’s exchanges with Borel, Hadamard
- Volterra’s Exchanges with Borel, Hadamard and Picard in World War One
- III. Appendices
- The Case of Pérès
- Persuading the American Jewish Community
- French Propaganda
- Cultural Relations Between Italy and France.
