Vinicio Villani
Vinicio Villani (* 1935 in Lussinpiccolo , today Croatia ; † February 3, 2018 ) was an Italian mathematician who studied biomathematics , geometry, topology and mathematics didactics .
Villani studied mathematics from 1953 at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa with the Laurea at the University of Pisa in 1957. From 1966 he held the chair of geometry at the University of Genoa and Pisa. He later switched to the chair for mathematics didactics. He held courses on biostatistics at the medical faculty. He then taught at the Scuola di Specializzazione per Insegnanti Secondari della Toscana in Pisa.
From 1982 to 1988 he was President of the Unione Matematica Italiana . 1974 to 1979 he was President of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI).
Fonts
- with Graziano Gentili: Matematica, Comprendere e interpretare fenomeni delle scienze della vita, 5th edition, McGraw Hill 2012
- Editor with Carmelo Mammana: Perspectives on the Teaching of Geometry for the 21st Century. An ICMI study, Kluwer 1998
- Published by: Differential Topology, CIME Summer Schools Naples 1976, Springer 2011 (reprint of the 1979 edition)
- Editor: Complex Geometry and Analysis: Proceedings of the International Symposium in honor of Edoardo Vesentini held in Pisa (Italy), May 23-27, 1988, Springer, Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1422, 1990
- with Claudio Bernardi, Sergio Zoccante, Roberto Porcaro: Non solo calcoli: Domande e risposte sui perché della matematica, Springer: Milan 2012
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| SURNAME | Villani, Vinicio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lussin piccolo |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd February 2018 |