Emma Castelnuovo

Emma Castelnuovo (12 December 1913 – 13 April 2014) was an Italian mathematician[1] of Jewish descent.[2]

Emma Castelnuovo
Born
Emma Castelnuovo

(1913-12-12)12 December 1913
Rome, Italy
Died13 April 2014(2014-04-13) (aged 100)
Rome, Italy
NationalityItaly
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics

In 2013, the year of her 100th birthday, the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction created an award named after Castelnuovo to recognize outstanding contributions to mathematics education.[3]

Education and career
Emma Castelnuovo in collaboration with the Municipal Board of Chamberi carried out the experiment 'Mathematics in the Street' on Sunday, 21 May 2017, at Fuencarral street.

Emma Castelnuovo was born in Rome on 12 December 1913 to Elbina and Guido Castelnuovo; her father and her uncle Federigo Enriques were both professors of mathematics.[4]

Castelnuovo graduated from the University of Rome in 1936 with a thesis on algebraic geometry. After this she worked as a librarian at the same university. She won a permanent position in 1938, but in the same year Italy passed new laws preventing Jews from holding state positions, preventing her from taking it. Instead, she became a secondary school teacher from 1945 until her retirement in 1979.[4]

Contributions

Castelnuovo wrote a textbook, Geometria intuitiva, per le scuole medie inferiori (Intuitive geometry for lower secondary schools), which was first published in 1948. It had multiple later editions and translations.[4]

She served on the executive committee of the ICMI from 1975 to 1978.[4]

References
  1. Orlando, Lucia (14 April 2014). "Emma Castelnuovo, la matematica per antonomasia" (in Italian). europaquotidiano. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  2. "Mathematics, imagination and reality. The legacy of Emma Castelnuovo". Research Italy. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  3. "Emma Castelnuovo Award". International Commission on Mathematical Instruction.
  4. O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Emma Castelnuovo", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
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