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1 online resource (x, 310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits |
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History of Mathematics ; v. 31 |
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History of mathematics.
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| Contents |
"The Jewish mathematician" "A new era is dawning," 1860 "This, above all, I promise," 1863-1870 "That damned passion," 1874-1877 "Long live the republic," 1878-1882 "Professor by deed," 1880-1883 "Our professor of small intervals," 1883-1893 "The life I live," 1887-1895 "Demonstrations of their resentment," 1893-1900 "God liberate us from his symbols" "It is the greatest desire of my life," 1900 "Most important for our fatherland" "Will they create a new world?" "A political man" "A professor in America" "Empires die." |
| Summary |
The life of Vito Volterra, one of the finest scientists and mathematicians Italy ever produced, spans the period from the unification of the Italian peninsula in 1860 to the onset of the Second World War-an era of unparalleled progress and unprecedented turmoil in the history of Europe. Born into an Italian Jewish family in the year of the liberation of Italy's Jewish ghettos, Volterra was barely in his twenties when he made his name as a mathematician and took his place as a leading light in Italy's modern scientific renaissance. By his early forties, he was a world-renowned mathematician, a |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-301) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Volterra, Vito, 1860-1940.
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| SUBJECT |
Volterra, Vito, 1860-1940 fast |
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Mathematicians -- Italy -- Biography
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Mathematics -- Italy -- History -- 19th century
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Mathematics -- Italy -- History -- 20th century
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Jews -- Italy -- Social conditions -- 19th century
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Jews -- Italy -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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Jews -- Social conditions
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Mathematicians
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Mathematics
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Politics and government
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Italy -- Politics and government -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88007834
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Italy -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069010
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Italy
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781470438982 |
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1470438984 |
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0821839691 |
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9780821839690 |
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