Mathematicians at war (eBook)
X, 194 Seiten
Springer Netherland (Verlag)
978-90-481-2740-5 (ISBN)
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.
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.
Preface 6
Acknowledgements 8
Contents 10
Part I Introduction to the Letters 12
1 What Is this Book About? 13
2 The Protagonists 18
3 Italy and France at the Eve of WW1 22
4 Vito Volterra and His Institutional Activity 26
5 Volterra and Italian Interventionism Between 1914 and 1915 29
Part II Volterra's Exchanges with Borel, Hadamard and Picard in World War One 41
Volterra's Exchanges with Borel, Hadamard and Picard in World War One 42
Part III Appendices 160
7 The Case of Pérès 161
8 Persuading the American Jewish Community 171
9 French Propaganda 176
10 Cultural Relations Between Italy and France 185
References 193
Index 197
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 8.10.2009 |
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Reihe/Serie | Archimedes | Archimedes |
Zusatzinfo | X, 194 p. 10 illus. |
Verlagsort | Dordrecht |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte |
Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik | |
Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Statistik | |
Naturwissenschaften | |
Technik | |
Schlagworte | Hadamard • History of Mathematics • Volterra |
ISBN-10 | 90-481-2740-8 / 9048127408 |
ISBN-13 | 978-90-481-2740-5 / 9789048127405 |
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