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Author:
Goodstein, Judith R., author.
Title:
Einstein's Italian mathematicians : Ricci, Levi-Civita, and the birth of general relativity / Judith R. Goodstein.
Publisher:
American Mathematical Society,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
xvii, 211 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subject:
Levi-Civita, Tullio,--1873-1941.
Ricci Curbastro, Gregorio,--1853-1925.
Von Kármán, Theodore,--1881-1963.
Einstein, Albert,--1879-1955.
Mathematicians--Italy--Biography.
Calculus of tensors.
General relativity (Physics)--Mathematics.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
An exchange of information between Italian Tullio Levi-Civita and Hungarian born Theodore Von Kármán, based on mathematics by Italian Gregorio Ricci Curbastro, helped provide the mathematical background used by Albert Einstein in forming his general theory of relativity.
ISBN:
1470428466
9781470428464
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1020305599
LCCN:
2018000022
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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