Mathematicians at war : Volterra and his French colleagues in World War I

著者

• Mazliak, Laurent
• Tazzioli, Rossana

書誌事項

Mathematicians at war : Volterra and his French colleagues in World War I

Laurent Mazliak and Rossana Tazzioli

（Archimedes : new studies in the history and philosophy of science and technology, v.22）

Springer, c2009

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

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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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB00682400
• ISBN:
  • 9789048127399
• 出版国コード: ne
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: engfreita
• 出版地: Dordrecht, Netherlands
• ページ数/冊数: vii, 194 p.
• 大きさ: 25 cm
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA30829486