Laurent Mazliak: 2 books
Paul Lévy and Maurice Fréchet
50 Years of Correspondence in 107 Letters
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2013
The fascinating correspondence between Paul Lévy and Maurice Fréchet spans an extremely active period in French mathematics during the twentieth century. The letters of these two Frenchmen show their vicissitudes of research and passionate enthusiasm for the emerging field of modern probability...
Mathematicians at war
Volterra and his French colleagues in World War I
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2009
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 developed...