At the origins and in the vanguard of peri-dynamics, non-local and higher gradient continuum mechanics. An underestimated and still topical contribution of Gabrio Piola

Francesco dell'Isola, Ugo Andreaus, Luca Placidi

Gabrio Piola's scientific papers have been underestimated in the mathematical-physics literature. Indeed a careful reading of them proves that they are original, deep and far reach…