TY - BOOK ID - 33058813 TI - Giovanni Battista Guccia : Pioneer of International Cooperation in Mathematics AU - Bongiorno, Benedetto. AU - Curbera, Guillermo P. PY - 2018 SN - 3319786660 3319786679 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Mathematics. KW - Mathematics KW - Algebraic geometry. KW - History. KW - History of Mathematical Sciences. KW - Algebraic Geometry. KW - Philosophy of Mathematics. KW - Annals KW - Auxiliary sciences of history KW - Algebraic geometry KW - Geometry KW - Logic of mathematics KW - Mathematics, Logic of KW - Math KW - Science KW - Philosophy. KW - Mathematicians KW - Guccia, Giovan Battista, KW - Guccia, Giovanni Battista, KW - Guccia, G. B. KW - Geometry, algebraic. KW - Mathematics-Philosophy. KW - Mathematics—Philosophy. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:33058813 AB - This book examines the life and work of mathematician Giovanni Battista Guccia, founder of the Circolo Matematico di Palermo and its renowned journal, the Rendiconti del Circolo matematico di Palermo. The authors describe how Guccia, an Italian geometer, was able to establish a mathematical society in Sicily in the late nineteenth century, which by 1914 would grow to become the largest and most international in the world, with one of the most influential journals of the time. The book highlights the challenges faced by Guccia in creating an international society in isolated Palermo, and places Guccia’s activities in the wider European context through comparisons with the formation of the London Mathematical Society and the creation of Mittag-Leffler’s Acta Mathematica in Stockholm. Based on extensive searches in European archives, this scholarly work follows both historical and scientific treads, and will appeal to those interested in the history of mathematics and science in general. ER -