The Jewish mathematical diaspora from fascist Italy : looking for a space of intellectual survival / Erika Luciano.
Pubblicazione:
Cham : Birkhäuser, 2025.
Descrizione fisica:
XLIX, 768 p. : 68 p. ill. ; 25 cm
Serie:
Science networks. Historical studies ; 64
Contiene:
Indice: Pt. 1. The migration phenomenon: 1. From the ghetto to the city, and thence to the country 2. The fateful year 1938: the persecution of the Italian Jews 3. Fleeing from Italy 4. Gallery: Those who failed to leave 5. Gallery: Dispersed families 6. Under another Heaven 7. Coming back to Italy. Pt. 2. Individuals: 8. An illustrious migrant: Guido Fubini in Princeton 9. Never go to a country likely to be at war with Italy: Gino Fano in Switzerland 10. Bringing to England the foremost of the younger school of Italian geometers: Beniamino Segre 11. An episode of partial professional retraining: Alessandro Terracini in Argentina 12. Beppo Levi, a leader in his host country 13. Bonaparte Colombo: the inability to return to normal life. Appendix: Database of the Italian academic refugees. Archives. References. Name index
