Einstein's Italian mathematicians: Ricci, Levi-Civita, and the birth of general relativity
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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.Abstract: Chronicles the lives and intellectual contributions of Gregorio Ricci and his brilliant student Tullio Levi-Civita, including letters, interviews, memoranda, and other personal and professionalpapers, to tell the remarkable story of how two Italian academics came to provide the indispensable mathematical foundation for general relativity.
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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- Albert
Einstein
Goodstein
Gregorio
Judith R.
Levi-Civita
Ricci-Curbastro
Theodore
Tullio
Von Kármán - Language
- English
- Series
- mbk 113
- ISBN
- 9781470428464
- Release date
- 2018
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