03311nam 22005535 450 991030013480332120200629151855.03-319-78667-910.1007/978-3-319-78667-4(CKB)4100000005249388(DE-He213)978-3-319-78667-4(MiAaPQ)EBC5471178(PPN)229505287(EXLCZ)99410000000524938820180719d2018 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGiovanni Battista Guccia Pioneer of International Cooperation in Mathematics /by Benedetto Bongiorno, Guillermo P. Curbera1st ed. 2018.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2018.1 online resource (XXII, 301 p. 71 illus., 53 illus. in color.) 3-319-78666-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.1 Background -- 2 The Formative Years -- 3 The Scientific Context -- 4 The Projects of Guccia: First Stage -- 5 The Projects of Guccia: Second Stage -- 6 Maximum Splendor -- 7 Epilogue -- 8 Appendices -- Bibliography -- References.This book examines the life and work of mathematician Giovanni Battista Guccia, founder of the Circolo Matematico di Palermo and its renowned journal, the Rendiconti del Circolo matematico di Palermo. The authors describe how Guccia, an Italian geometer, was able to establish a mathematical society in Sicily in the late nineteenth century, which by 1914 would grow to become the largest and most international in the world, with one of the most influential journals of the time. The book highlights the challenges faced by Guccia in creating an international society in isolated Palermo, and places Guccia’s activities in the wider European context through comparisons with the formation of the London Mathematical Society and the creation of Mittag-Leffler’s Acta Mathematica in Stockholm. Based on extensive searches in European archives, this scholarly work follows both historical and scientific treads, and will appeal to those interested in the history of mathematics and science in general.MathematicsHistoryGeometry, AlgebraicMathematics—PhilosophyHistory of Mathematical Scienceshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/M23009Algebraic Geometryhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/M11019Philosophy of Mathematicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E34020Mathematics.History.Geometry, Algebraic.Mathematics—Philosophy.History of Mathematical Sciences.Algebraic Geometry.Philosophy of Mathematics.510.9Bongiorno Benedettoauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut768263Curbera Guillermo Pauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autBOOK9910300134803321Giovanni Battista Guccia1984175UNINA