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850259
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Goodstein, Judith R.
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| Title & Author
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Einstein's Italian mathematicians : : Ricci, Levi-Civita, and the birth of general relativity /\ Judith R. Goodstein.
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| Publication Statement
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Providence, Rhode Island :: American Mathematical Society,, [2018]
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, ©2018
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xvii, 211 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations ;; 26 cm
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| ISBN
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1470428466
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: 9781470428464
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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The Riccis of Lugo -- The making of a mathematician -- Munich -- Padua -- Math and marriage -- A promotion that wasn't -- The absolute differential calculus -- The alter ego -- Intermezzo -- The indispensable mathematical tool -- "Write to me next time in Italian" -- Parallel displacements -- Appendices.
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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.
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Einstein, Albert,1879-1955.
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Levi-Civita, Tullio,1873-1941.
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Ricci Curbastro, Gregorio,1853-1925.
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Von Kármán, Theodore,1881-1963.
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Einstein, Albert,1879-1955.
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Levi-Civita, Tullio,1873-1941.
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Ricci Curbastro, Gregorio,1853-1925.
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Von Kármán, Theodore,1881-1963.
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Calculus of tensors.
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General relativity (Physics)-- Mathematics.
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Mathematicians-- Italy, Biography.
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Calculus of tensors.
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General relativity (Physics)-- Mathematics.
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History and biography -- History of mathematics and mathematicians -- 19th century.
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History and biography -- History of mathematics and mathematicians -- 20th century.
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History and biography -- History of mathematics and mathematicians -- Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies.
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History and biography -- Research exposition (monographs, survey articles).
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Mathematicians.
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MATHEMATICS / Calculus.
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Relativity and gravitational theory -- Historical (must also be assigned at least one classification number from Section 01).
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Italy.
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| Dewey Classification
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510.92/245
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| LC Classification
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QA28.G66 2018
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01-0201A5501A6001A7083-03msc
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