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Mathematicians at war : Volterra and his French colleagues in World War I / by Laurent Mazliak, Rossana Tazzioli

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology ; 22 | SpringerLink Bücher | Springer eBook Collection Mathematics and StatisticsPublisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009Description: Online-Ressource (X, 187p. 20 illus., 10 illus. in color, online resource)ISBN:
  • 9789048127405
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: 9789048127399 | Erscheint auch als: Mathematicians at war. Druck-Ausgabe Dordrecht : Springer, 2009. IX, 194 S.DDC classification:
  • 510.9
MSC: MSC: *01A60 | 01-02 | 01A70RVK: RVK: SG 590LOC classification:
  • QA21-27
DOI: DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2740-5Online resources: Summary: 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.Summary: 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.PPN: PPN: 1648565476Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-2-SEB | ZDB-2-SMA | ZDB-2-SXMS
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