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Peano

Life and Works of Giuseppe Peano

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  • © 1980

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Authors:
  1. Hubert C. Kennedy

    1. Department of Mathematics, Providence College, Providence, USA

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Part of the book series: Studies in the History of Modern Science (SHMS, volume 4)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Childhood

    • Hubert C. Kennedy
    Pages 1-2

  3. Student Years

    • Hubert C. Kennedy
    Pages 3-6

  4. University Assistant

    • Hubert C. Kennedy
    Pages 7-19

  5. Making a Career

    • Hubert C. Kennedy
    Pages 20-34

  6. Extraordinary Professor

    • Hubert C. Kennedy
    Pages 35-43

  7. The Formulario Project

    • Hubert C. Kennedy
    Pages 44-50

  8. Ordinary Professor

    • Hubert C. Kennedy
    Pages 51-55

  9. The Controversy with Volterra

    • Hubert C. Kennedy
    Pages 56-63

  10. The First International Congress of Mathematicians

    • Hubert C. Kennedy
    Pages 64-72

  11. Contact with Frege

    • Hubert C. Kennedy
    Pages 73-77

  12. Peano Acquires a Printing Press

    • Hubert C. Kennedy
    Pages 78-83

  13. The School of Peano

    • Hubert C. Kennedy
    Pages 84-90

  14. Paris, 1900

    • Hubert C. Kennedy
    Pages 91-99

  15. The Decline Begins

    • Hubert C. Kennedy
    Pages 100-106

  16. Latino Sine Flexione

    • Hubert C. Kennedy
    Pages 107-113

  17. The Cotton Workers’ Strike

    • Hubert C. Kennedy
    Pages 114-117

  18. Completion of the Formulario

    • Hubert C. Kennedy
    Pages 118-124

  19. Academia Pro Interlingua

    • Hubert C. Kennedy
    Pages 125-135

  20. Apostle of Interlingua

    • Hubert C. Kennedy
    Pages 136-143
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About this book

All students of mathematics know of Peano's postulates for the natural numbers and his famous space-filling curve, yet their knowledge often stops there. Part of the reason is that there has not until now been a full-scale study of his life and works. This must surely be surprising, when one realizes the length of his academic career (over 50 years) and the extent of his publica­ tions (over 200) in a wide variety of fields, many of which had immediate and long-term effects on the development of modern mathematics. A study of his life seems long overdue. It appeared to me that the most likely person to write a biography of Peano would be his devoted disciple Ugo Cassina, with whom I studied at the University of Milan in 1957-58. I wrote to Professor Cassina on 29 October, 1963, inquiring if he planned to write the biography, and I offered him my assistance, since I hoped to return to Italy for a year. He replied on 28 November, 1963, suggesting that we collaborate, meaning by this thatI would write the biography, in English, using his material and advice. I gladly agreed to this suggestion, but work on the project had hardly begun when Professor Cassina died unexpectedly on 5 October, 1964. I then decided to continue the project on my own. I spent the academic year 1966-67 in Turin; completion of the book took ten years.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mathematics, Providence College, Providence, USA

    Hubert C. Kennedy

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Peano

  • Book Subtitle: Life and Works of Giuseppe Peano

  • Authors: Hubert C. Kennedy

  • Series Title: Studies in the History of Modern Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8984-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1980

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1067-3Published: 31 May 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1068-0Published: 31 May 1980

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-8984-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 231

  • Topics: History, general, Philosophy of Science

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