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The Jewish Mathematical Diaspora from Fascist Italy : Looking for a Space of Intellectual Survival / by Erika Luciano.
Springer Nature - Springer Mathematics and Statistics (R0) eBooks 2025 English International Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Luciano, Erika.
- Series:
- Science Networks. Historical Studies, 2296-6080 ; 64
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics.
- History.
- Science--History.
- Science.
- Sociology--Biographical methods.
- Sociology.
- Science--Social aspects.
- History of Mathematical Sciences.
- History of Science.
- Biographical Research.
- Sociology of Science.
- Local Subjects:
- History of Mathematical Sciences.
- History of Science.
- Biographical Research.
- Sociology of Science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1072 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2025.
- Summary:
- Delving into previously undisclosed archival sources, this monograph offers a meticulously researched portrayal of Italian Jewish mathematicians amidst the turmoil sparked by the 1938 Italian Racial Laws. Forced migration due to fascist anti-Semitism saw the exodus of numerous Jewish intellectuals. Highlighting the experiences of select academic mathematicians such as Guido Fubini, Gino Fano, Beniamino Segre, Alessandro Terracini, and others who fled Italy, this work casts a light on a diaspora that presents unique aspects thanks to pre-existing networks of international scientific solidarity. Despite challenges stemming from language, society, and institutions, their narratives reveal the profound human dimensions of adversity, choice, and camaraderie. Suitable for scholars and students of 20th-century history, as well as a wider audience intrigued by Italy's complex past, these pages offer invaluable insights into a dark chapter of the country's history.
- Contents:
- - Part I The migration phenomenon
- From the ghetto to the city, and thence to the country
- The fateful year 1938: the persecution of the Italian Jews
- Fleeing from Italy
- Gallery 1 Those who failed to leave
- Gallery 2 Dispersed Families
- Under another heaven
- Coming Back to Italy
- Part II Individuals
- ‘An illustrious migrant’: Guido Fubini in Princeton
- “Never go to a country likely to be at war with Italy”: Gino Fano in Switzerland
- Bringing to England “the foremost of the younger School of Italian geometers”: B. Segre
- An episode of partial professional retraining: Alessandro Terracini in Argentina
- Beppo Levi, a leader in his host country
- Bonaparte Colombo: the inability to return to normal life.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Luciano, Erika The Jewish Mathematical Diaspora from Fascist Italy
- ISBN:
- 9783031648960
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