Turin Academy of Sciences ( Italian. Accademia delle Scienze di Torino ) - in Turin Academy of Sciences, formed in 1757 from the scientific community around the young mathematician Joseph Louis Lagrange .
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History
Nineteen-year-old citizen of the Sardinian kingdom Joseph Louis Lagrange , originally from Turin , was appointed professor of mathematics at the royal artillery school in Turin in 1755 [1] . Lagrange organized a scientific society there, from which the Turin Academy was formed two years later.
The first volume of the works of the Academy appeared in 1759 ; Of particular interest were the articles of Lagrange himself. Academic works, in which well-known mathematicians took part, were published in Latin until 1784, then began to be published in French . [one]
In 1760, the Academy was given the title of royal [1] .
Among its Russian members was, in particular, Fedor Andreevich Giltebrandt [2] .
Notes
- β 1 2 3 Academies // Encyclopedic Dictionary
- β M. Zion. Giltebrandt, Theodore Andreevich // Russian biographical dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M. , 1896-1918.
Literature
- Academies // Encyclopedic Dictionary, compiled by Russian scientists and writers. - SPb. 1861.
Links
- A. N. Krylov : Joseph Louis Lagrange