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

• Main Authors: Mazliak, Laurent (Author), Tazzioli, Rossana (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, 22
• Subjects: Mathematics.; History.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; History of Science.; History, general.

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 devel...

Table of Contents:

• 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.