Intro; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; 1 Background; 1.1 Some History; 1.2 The Astronomical Observatory of Palermo; 1.3 The Fortune of the Guccia Family; 1.4 Youth and Influences; 2 The Formative Years; 2.1 The Educational System of the Risorgimento; 2.2 Giovanni Battista in the Technical Institute; 2.3 University and Mathematics in Sicily; 2.4 Giovanni Battista at the University of Palermo; 2.5 The Palermo Meeting of the Società Italiana per il Progresso delle Scienze; 2.6 Italian Science and Mathematics of the Risorgimento; 2.7 Luigi Cremona; 2.8 Guccia in Rome

3 The Scientific Context3.1 Two Mathematical Societies; 3.2 A Mathematical Journal; 3.3 The International Congress of Mathematicians; 4 The Projects of Guccia: First Stage; 4.1 The Summer of 1880: Paris, Reims, London; 4.2 1881-1883: A Period of Maturation; 4.3 The Founding of Circolo Matematico di Palermo; 4.4 The Creation of the Rendiconti; 4.5 Palermo's Belle Époque; 5 The Projects of Guccia: Second Stage; 5.1 Two Important Encounters: Volterra and Poincaré; 5.2 Development and Crisis; 5.3 Towards the Constitution of an International Association; 6 Maximum Splendor; 6.1 The Rendiconti

6.2 The 1914 Celebration6.3 Other Projects; 7 Epilogue; 7.1 The Death of Giovanni Battista Guccia; 7.2 The Circolo After Guccia; 7.3 Final Curtain; 7.4 An Evaluation of the Work of Giovanni Battista Guccia; 8 Appendixes; 8.1 Mathematical Works of Giovanni Battista Guccia; 8.2 The 1884 Statute of the Circolo Matematico di Palermo; 8.3 The 1888 Statute of the Circolo Matematico di Palermo; 8.4 The Reform of the Statute in 1908; 8.5 Members Joining the Circolo Matematico di Palermo Until 1914; 8.6 Statistical Data of the Circolo Matematico di Palermo Until 1914

8.7 Members of the Steering Council from 1888 to 19148.8 Original Text of Excerpts of Documents; Bibliography; Index