Vito Volterra

• Main Authors: Guerraggio, Angelo. (Author), Paoloni, Giovanni. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; History of Mathematical Sciences.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27263-9

Vito Volterra (1860-1940) was one of the most famous representatives of Italian science in his day. Angelo Guerragio and Giovanni Paolini analyze Volterras most important contributions to mathematics and their applications, as well as his outstanding organizational achievements in scientific policy...

Table of Contents:

• I. Chronicles of Italian life
• II. Professor in Pisa
• III. The cats of Torino
• IV. Rome, public appointments, the politician
• V. Days of firing from a dirigible
• VI. From war to peace: Italys National Research Council
• VII. The end of freedom
• VIII. After the cats, fish
• IX. Time runs out
• Appendix I: Significant dates in Italian history 1849-1945
• Appendix II: Significant dates in the life of Vito Volterra 1860-1940
• Index of Names.