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The Volterra chronicles : the life and times of an extraordinary mathematician, 1860-1940 /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Providence, R.I. : [London] :
American Mathematical Society ; London Mathematical Society,
©2007.
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| Colección: | History of mathematics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-301) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781470438982 1470438984 0821839691 9780821839690 |
| ISSN: | 0899-2428 |