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The Volterra Chronicles - The Life and Times of an Extraordinary Mathematician 1860-1940 (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed) Loot Price: R3,123
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The Volterra Chronicles - The Life and Times of an Extraordinary Mathematician 1860-1940 (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed): Judith R....

The Volterra Chronicles - The Life and Times of an Extraordinary Mathematician 1860-1940 (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)

Judith R. Goodstein

Series: History of Mathematics

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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 sought-after figure in European intellectual and social circles, the undisputed head of Italy's mathematics and physics school--and still living with his mother, who decided the time was ripe to arrange his marriage. When Italy entered World War I in 1915, the fifty-five-year-old Volterra served with distinction and verve as a lieutenant and did not put on civilian clothes again until the Armistice of 1918. This book, based in part on unpublished personal letters and interviews, traces the extraordinary life and times of one of Europe's foremost scientists and mathematicians, from his teenage struggles to avoid the stifling life of a ""respectable"" bank clerk in Florence, to his seminal mathematical work--which today influences fields as diverse as economics, physics, and ecology--and from his spirited support of Italy's scientific and democratic institutions during his years as an Italian Senator, to his steadfast defiance of the Fascists and Mussolini. In recounting the life of this outstanding scientist, European Jewish intellectual, committed Italian patriot, and devoted if frequently distracted family man, The Volterra Chronicles depicts a remarkable individual in a prodigious age and takes the reader on a vivid and splendidly detailed historical journey.

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Imprint: American Mathematical Society
Country of origin: United States
Series: History of Mathematics
Release date: February 2007
Authors: Judith R. Goodstein
Dimensions: 22mm (H)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 310
Edition: Illustrated Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-8218-3969-0
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Philosophy of mathematics
Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > History of mathematics
Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science
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LSN: 0-8218-3969-1
Barcode: 9780821839690

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