Mathematician:Cesare Burali-Forti

Italian mathematician best known for discovering what is now known as the Burali-Forti Paradox.

Disbelieved in the Theory of Relativity, and even went so far as to write a book attempting to refute it.

Nationality
Italian

History

 * Born: 13 Aug 1861, Arezzo, Italy
 * Died: 21 Jan 1931, Turin, Italy

Theorems and Definitions

 * Burali-Forti Paradox

Books and Papers

 * 1897: The postulates for the geometry of Euclid and of Lobachevsky
 * 1897: Introduction à la géométrie différentielle, suivant la méthode de H. Grassmann
 * 1904: Lezioni Di Geometria Metrico-Proiettiva
 * 1912: Corso di geometria analitico-proiettiva per gli allievi della R. Accademia Militare
 * 1913: Analyse vectorielle générale: Applications à la mécanique et à la physique (with Roberto Marcolongo)
 * 1921: Geometria descrittiva
 * 1921: Meccanica razionale (with Tommaso Boggio)