The denied memory : the fate of Fergola's school among mathematical controversies, social tensions and political conflicts / Giovanni Capobianco, Giovanni Ferraro.
Pubblicazione:
Alessandria : Edizioni dell'Orso, c2021.
Descrizione fisica:
182 p. ; 21 cm
Serie:
Mathemata, 2724-0223 ; 4
Contiene:
Indice: Introduction: Listening to the erasures of history. Pt. 1. The denied memory: the fate of Fergola's school among mathematical controversies, social tensions and political conflicts: 1. The rediscovering of Fergola's school and the construction of the myth of Italian national unity 2. Nicola Fergola and his school before 1806 3. The first phase of the controversy 4. The controversy in the 1820s and 1830s 5. From 1840 to 1860: polemics and renovatio 6. The years 1860-61: from Neapolitans to Italians. Excursus A. On different meanings of the terms analysis and synthesis Excursus B. Neapolitan territories Excursus C. On the education system in the Kingdom of Naples Excursus D. Analysts and synthesist in Europe Excursus E. Some observations on the concept of scientific school. Pt. 2. Sources: Appendix 1. Playfair's review of discours sur les progrés des sciences, lettres et art. Appendix 2. Cuoco's report to the king Murat on the reform of the public instruction. Appendix 3. Poncelet's reflections on theuse of algebraic analysis in geometry. Appendix 4. Thoughts on the previous article. Appendix 5. On the endeled controversy between synthesists and analysts. Appendix 6. Selected extracts from Rubini's letters to Bellavitis. Index of names. Contents
