The Italian school of algebraic geometry.- Mathematical physics.- Analysis.- Mathematicians at the front.- Volterra's leadership.- Rome 1921.- The foundation of the U.M.I. and the C.N.R.- Fascism.- Giovanni Gentile and the school reform.- Severi, mathematician and politician.- Enriques and his school.- Castelnuovo, probability and 'social mathematics'.- Tullio Levi-Civita.- The Thirties.- Towards disaster.- The International Congress of 1936.- The anti-semitic laws of 1938.- Crisis.
From the reviews: “What the book conveys is the richness of Italian mathematics throughout the period and, despite being expert in none of these fields, the authors captured my imagination and made me want to know more of such mathematical ideas … immensely enjoyable for all that.”(MAA REVIEWS)
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