Mathematicians at war : Volterra and his French colleagues in World War I
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Mathematicians at war : Volterra and his French colleagues in World War I
(Archimedes : new studies in the history and philosophy of science and technology, v.22)
Springer, c2009
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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内容説明
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 developed a frenetic activity to support the war effort, going himself to the front, even though he was 55. This activity found an adequate echo with his French colleagues Borel, Hadamard and Picard. The huge correspondence they exchanged during the war, gives an extraordinary view of these activities, and raises numerous fundamental questions about the role of a scientist, and particularly a mathematician during WW I. It also offers a vivid documentation about the intellectual life of the time ; Volterra's and Borel's circles in particular were extremely wide and the range of their interests was not limited to their field of specialization. The book proposes the complete transcription of the aforementioned correspondence, annotated with numerous footnotes to give details on the contents. It also offers a general historical introduction to the context of the letters and several complements on themes related to the academic exchanges between France and Italy during the war.
目次
Preface
PART 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
PART II : Volterra's exchanges with Borel, Hadamard and Picard
Part III : Complements
The case Peres
Persuading the American Jewish community
French propaganda
Cultural relations between Italy and France
Bibliography
Index Nominorum
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