Duel at dawn : heroes, martyrs, and the rise of modern mathematics / Amir Alexander.
Duel at dawn : heroes, martyrs, and the rise of modern mathematics / Amir Alexander.
Duel at dawn : heroes, martyrs, and the rise of modern mathematics / Amir Alexander.
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.
Date
2010.
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N510.9/84
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English
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Physical content
307 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
I: Natural men -- The eternal child -- Natural mathematics -- II: Heroes and martyrs -- A habit of insult: The short and impertinent life of Evariste Galois -- The exquisite dance of the blue nymphs -- A martyr to contempt -- III: Romantic mathematics -- The poetry of mathematics -- Purity and rigor...
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2010.
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Summary
In this strikingly original book that takes readers from Paris to St. Petersburg, Norway to Transylvania, Alexander introduces those national heroes and outcasts, innocents, swindlers, and martyrs who were also the uncommonly gifted creators of modern mathematics.
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Duel at dawn : heroes, martyrs, and the rise of modern mathematics / Amir Alexander.
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New histories of science, technology, and medicine.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N510.9/84
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74VKOXgBZoab
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ISBN
0674046617 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780674046610 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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510.9
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991022521379702626
