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Mathematicians at war : Volterra and his French colleagues in World War I / [edited by] Laurent Mazliak and Rossana Tazzioli.

Author/creator Volterra, Vito, 1860-1940
Other author/creatorMazliak, Laurent.
Other author/creatorTazzioli, Rossana.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoDordrecht ; New York : Springer,
Descriptionix, 194 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Springer Nature - Springer Mathematics and Statistics eBooks 2009 English International
Subject(s)
Uniform titleCorrespondence. Selections
Series Archimedes, 1385-0180 ; v. 22
Archimedes (Dordrecht, Netherlands) ; v. 22.
Contents Pt. 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 -- Pt. II, Volterra's exchanges with Borel, Hadamard and Picard in World War One -- Pt. III. Appendices. The case of Pérès ; Persuading the American Jewish community ; French propoganda ; Cultural relations between Italy and France.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 189-191) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
LanguageText in English; letters in French.
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009927019
ISBN9789048127399
ISBN9048127394
ISBN9789048127405 (eISBN)
ISBN9048127408 (eISBN)

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