HISTORY OF ITALIAN MATHEMATICS
CONTENTS CHAPTER PROLOGUE 1 THE RISORGIMENTO GENERATION 2 THE GOLDEN AGE THE ITALIAN SCHOOL OF ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY 3 THE GOLDEN PERIOD THE MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS 4 THE GOLDEN AGE THE ANALYSIS 5 EXTERNAL INTERESTS CHAPTER NOTHING IS AS IT WAS BEFORE 1 INTRODUCTION 2 ITALIAN MATHEMATICIANS TAKE SIDES 3 MATHEMATICIANS AT THE FRONT VOLTERRA’S LEADERSHIP 2 ROME, 1921 3 THE FOUNDATION OF THE UNIONE MATEMATICA ITALIANA 4 THE FOUNDATION OF THE CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE 5 VOLTERRA’S SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY 6 VOLTERRA AND ECOLOGY FASCISM: SOMEBODY RISE, OTHERS FALL 1 THE MARCH ON ROME 2 GIOVANNI GENTILE AND SCHOOL REFORM 3 THE BATTLE OF THE “MANIFESTOS” 4 ENRIQUES’ RENTRÉE ONE MAN ALONE IN THE LEAD 1 THE NOVELTY OF THE ACCADEMIA D’ITALIA 2 SEVERI AS A MATHEMATICIAN, IN THE 1920S 3 SEVERI: POLITICIAN 4 THE DIFFICULT PRESENCE OF ALGEBRA 5 ENRIQUES AND HIS SCHOOL 6 CASTELNUOVO, PROBABILITY AND “SOCIAL MATHEMATICS” THE CNR ALTERNATIVE 1 END OF DECADE BALANCE 2 ANALYSIS 3 DISTINGUISHED SENATOR, DEAR COLLEAGUE 4 THE DUALISM UMI – CNR 5 THE OATH 6 TULLIO LEVI-CIVITA THE 1930S MOVE FORWARD 2 GEOMETRY 3 ANALYSIS TOWARDS DISASTER 1 EUROPEAN EVENTS 2 THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF 1936 3 THE ANTI-SEMITIC LAWS OF 1938 4 CRISIS SIGNALS CONCLUSIONS