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E.-E. Duvillard de Durand , "Principes et formules du calcul des probabilités pour assigner les limites des variations des événements naturels (1813)", edizione a cura di L. Dell'Aglio e G. Israel, con un saggio introduttivo di L. Dell'Aglio e G. Israel
No full textEmmanuel-Étienne Duvillard de Durand (1755-1832) was known for his actuarial activities and for the construction of life tables, but his contribution to the analysis of social mathematics and the mathematical modelling of mortality long went unrecognized. His attempts to enter the prestigious Académie des Sciences and his ambition to add a probabilistic dimension to population statistics confirm that he was not only a brilliant mathematician, but also a scholar in the noblest sense of the term, to whom this book pays tribute. Principes et Formules du calcul des probabilités pour assigner les limites des variations des événements naturels, a treatise on the «principles and formulae of probability calculation to define the limits of variation in natural events» represents the culmination of his research, recognized in his time by scholars such as Lagrange, Legendre et Laplace, but later condemned to oblivion by the vicissitudes of history and a veritable conspiracy of silence. Duvillard’s previously unpublished work, transcribed and edited for the first time in this book, was written in 1813. Picking up on ideas set forth by the mathematician Jean-Henri Lambert in that same year, he examines mortality with a view to constructing an equation to describe the progressive extinction of a human generation. His work thus represents a turning point in the study of demographic phenomena and a first attempt to apply principles of probability calculation to population science. This is a truly pioneering text which aims to provide an exact evaluation of the limits to be defined when estimating the size of a population. The editors of this treatise – Giorgio Israel, who first uncovered these unpublished archives, and Luca Dell’Aglio – have accomplished a considerable feat. Together, they have patiently deciphered, dissected and transcribed this handwritten text and authored an accompanying essay which places the document in its historical and scientific context. Their work is a historical tribute, aiming to render justice to a man of exceptional qualities by acknowledging his role in the history of science
Science and the Jewish Question in the Twentieth Century: The Case of Italy and What it Shows
No full textIn memoriam. Giorgio Israel (1945-2015)
No full textA biobibliography of the Italian historian of science Giorgio Israel (1945-2015
Desativar o direito: um caminho a partir da obra de Giorgio Agamben
No full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Jurídicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito, Florianópolis, 2014O trabalho parte do problema de tentar pensar uma forma de resistência pelo Direito. A hipótese sustentada encontra amparo na noção de "desativar" o Direito, contida na obra de Giorgio Agamben. Neste sentido, o trabalho busca recompor os paradigmas jurídico-político e governamental dentro da obra do autor em questão, principalmente a partir dos livros "O poder soberano e a vida nua", "Estado de Exceção" e "O Reino e a Glória". Ao fim, a proposta de "desativar" o Direito e o conceito de inoperosidade defrontam-se com a máquina governamental agambeniana. Na conclusão, a filosofia do Direito é apresentada como alternativa para se pensar uma nova relação entre Direito e vida.Abstract: The work begins from the problem of trying to think of a way of resistance by Law. The hypothesis is supported by the notion of "deactivate" the law, contained in the work of Giorgio Agamben. In this sense, this dissertation seeks to reconstruct the legal-political and governmental paradigms within the work of the author in question, mostly from the books "The sovereign power and bare life", "State of Exception" and "The Kingdom and the Glory". At the end, the proposal to "deactivate" the Law and the concept of unindustriousness are confronted with Agamben's government machinery. In conclusion, the philosophy of law is presented as an alternative to think about a new relationship between law and life
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