Laura Toti Rigatelli
Laura Toti Rigatelli (born 1941) is an Italian historian of mathematics, founder of the Center for Medieval Mathematics at the University of Siena, biographer of Évariste Galois, and author of many books on the history of mathematics. Toti Rigatelli is originally from Florence. Recognition. Toti Rigatelli became a corresponding member of the International Academy of the History of Science in 1993. A festschrift, "Il sogno di Galois: Scritti di storia della matematica dedicati a Laura Toti Rigatelli per il suo 60º compleanno", was published by the Center for Medieval Mathematics in 2003, in honor of her 60th  birthday; it was edited by Raffaella Franci, Paolo Pagli, and Annalisa Simi. Books. Toti Rigatelli is the author and editor of many books in Italian on the history of mathematics, including a biography of Évariste Galois, "Matematica sulle barricate: vita di Evariste Galois" ["To take up arms for mathematics: the life of Evariste Galois"] (1993), which was translated into English as "Évariste Galois 1811–1832" by John Denton and published by Birkhäuser in 1996. Some of her other books include: