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The book was introduced by a very laudatory preface by [[Mathematician#JSHadamard|Hadamard]]. It was in Italy, however, that Bernstein decided to settle down (he had already published several papers in Italian journals).
He obtained Italian citizenship in 1931 and was responsible for teaching superior [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_analysis analysis] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan Milan] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytic_geometry analytical geometry] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Pavia Pavia].</ref>.
In 1940, Vladimir’s mother Elizabeth and her second husband fled from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascist_Italy_(1922%E2%80%931943) Fascist Italy], bringing Alex and his sister to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City New York City].
Alex Bernstein started playing chess seriously during his high school time at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_College_of_New_York City College]. After graduating from [[Columbia University]],
he served at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army US army], where he became acquainted with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer computers].
