Lagrange: "Why I Left Turin and Never Went Back Again"*

Segala, Marco

doi:10.1163/221058710x00031

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“…In retrospect, when one reads a little between the lines in the correspondence of 1764-1765, one can feel the rise in Lagrange's bitterness that will lead him into exile. As Marco Segala [17] shows, a low, stagnant salary forced him to teach in a rather hostile environment, and uninterested in theory, the contempt of Piedmont authorities for science and remoteness of European intellectual centres led Lagrange to leave his country and accept the offer of d'Alembert and Frederick II in Berlin. He regrets that in Turin, on regarde la science dont [il s']occupe comme très-inutile et même ridicule (one regards the science with which I am occupied as quite unnecessary and ridiculous, letter of 10 May 1766).…”

Section: Fascinated By the Book A Few Months Later Lagrange Wrote Tomentioning

confidence: 99%

1765: A year in the correspondence between d’Alembert and Lagrange

Crépel¹,

Jouve

2014

Lett Mat Int

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The year 1765 was a crucial year for both Lagrange and d'Alembert, but in very different ways. The two scientists had begun their correspondence in 1758, they grew closer after meeting in Paris in 1763. D'Alembert played an important role in Lagrange's decision to leave Turin in August 1765 for Berlin. In this article, we follow the course of the year 1765 through the letters exchanged by Lagrange and d'Alembert, as well as in their relations with notable personages of the day, including Frederick II, Clairaut, Euler, Daniel Bernoulli, Condorcet, Cesare Beccaria, Frisi and Caracciolo, which will help us understand more about the personality of Lagrange and the reasons behind his departure for Berlin.

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Section: Fascinated By the Book A Few Months Later Lagrange Wrote Tomentioning

confidence: 99%