1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457567803321

Autore

Winter J. M.

Titolo

The Great War in history : debates and controversies, 1914 to the present / / Jay Winter and Antoine Prost [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2005

ISBN

1-107-15376-X

1-107-38614-4

1-280-22563-7

0-511-61481-0

0-511-12769-3

0-511-20021-8

0-511-32686-6

0-511-12754-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 250 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare ; ; 21

Disciplina

940.3/09

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-240) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Since the Armistice, a vast literature has been produced on the First World War and its repercussions. In this 2005 book, two leading historians from the United States and France have produced a fully comparative analysis of the ways in which this history has been written and interpreted. The book identifies three generations of historians, literary scholars, film directors and writers who have commented upon the war. Through a thematic structure, it assesses not only diplomatic and military studies but also the social and cultural interpretations of the Great War as seen primarily through the eyes of French, German and British writers. It provides a fascinating case study of the practice of history in the twentieth century and of the enduring importance of the national lens in shaping historical narrative. This interesting study will prove invaluable reading to scholars and students in history, war studies, European history and international relations.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910299974803321

Autore

Zannier Umberto

Titolo

Lecture Notes on Diophantine Analysis / / by Umberto Zannier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Pisa : , : Scuola Normale Superiore : , : Imprint : Edizioni della Normale, , 2014

ISBN

88-7642-517-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVI, 239 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes (Scuola Normale Superiore) ; ; 8

Disciplina

512.74

Soggetti

Mathematical analysis

Analysis (Mathematics)

Analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Sommario/riassunto

These lecture notes originate from a course delivered at the Scuola Normale in Pisa in 2006. Generally speaking, the prerequisites do not go beyond basic mathematical material and are accessible to many undergraduates. The contents mainly concern diophantine problems on affine curves, in practice describing the integer solutions of equations in two variables. This case historically suggested some major ideas for more general problems. Starting with linear and quadratic equations, the important connections with Diophantine Approximation are presented and Thue's celebrated results are proved in full detail. In later chapters more modern issues on heights of algebraic points are dealt with, and applied to a sharp quantitative treatment of the unit equation. The book also contains several Supplements, hinted exercises and an Appendix on recent work on heights.