Historia

Mathematics

10 (1983)

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Note to "Volterra Archive at the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei" by Giorgio Israel,

Historia

Mathematics

9 (1982), 229-238.

The Volterra Archive was donated to the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei not only by the surviving sons of Vito Volterra and Luisa D'Ancona Volterra, but also by the heirs of Volterra's other sons, Enrico and Gustavo.

MARX'S MATHEMATICAL

MANUSCRIPTS

By Charles D. Aronson 521 West MacArthur, #M, Oakland, CA 94609 C. Aronson and M. Meo are in the process of producing an English translation of Marx's mathematical manuscripts, and they have prepared a prospectus describing their project in some detail. In 1968, S. A. Yanovskaya published a comprehensive, illustrated edition of Marx's writings of mathematical interest: Matematicheskie rukopisi K. Marks (Moscow: Nauka, 1968). The book, totaling 600 pages, includes most of Marx's unpublished manuscripts on mathematics, both in their original German and in Russian translation. The prospectus announcing the English translation of the most important sections of the volume contains not only an English translation of the lengthy preface to the volume by Yanovskaya, but a translation as well of a review of the book by a leading Soviet historian of science, E. Kolman, which originally appeared as "K. Marks i matcmatika (0 'Matematicheskik rukopisyakh' K. Marksa) o [Voprosy istorii estestvoznaniya i tekhniki 25 (1968), lOl-1121. Both the preface and the review reflect the most recent Soviet scholarship 0315-0860/83 $3.00 Copyright 0 I983 by Academic Press, Inc. A/l rights of reproduction in any form reserved. 103

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on the importance of Marx's view on mathematics, especially on the development of the differential calculus. For a copy of the prospectus, interested readers may write to Marx's Mathematical Manuscripts, 2031 East 26th Street, Oakland, California 94606 USA. Mathematical Manuscripts is a partnership devoted to the publication and dissemination of Karl Marx's mathematical writings in English translation. Subscriptions are invited in advance of publication (scheduled for March 1, 1983) for a payment of $15.00. Checks should be made payable to "Marx's Mathematical Nanuscripts" and will be regarded as payment in full for a copy upon completion of the translation as described in the prospectus being offered by C. Aronson and M. Meo. The prospectus itself is 36 pages (+ iv) in length, and is available without cost from the above address.