Einstein's Italian Mathematicians Ricci, Levi-Civita, and the Birth of General Relativity

ISBN-13: 9781470428464 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 227 str.

Judith R. Goodstein

Opis

Chronicles the lives and intellectual contributions of Gregorio Ricci and his brilliant student Tullio Levi-Civita, including letters, interviews, memoranda, and other personal and professional papers, to tell the remarkable story of how two Italian academics came to provide the indispensable mathematical foundation for general relativity.