Another case in point: Tullio Levi-Civita [0]. His work on tensor calculus became a cornerstone of relativity. Famously, Einstein was once asked what he liked t

Another case in point: Tullio Levi-Civita [0]. His work on tensor calculus became a cornerstone of relativity. Famously, Einstein was once asked what he liked the most about Italy, and replied: "Spaghetti and Levi-Civita". [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tullio_Levi-Civita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tullio_Levi-Civita