An edition of Duel at dawn (2010)
Duel at Dawn
Heroes, Martyrs, and the Rise of Modern Mathematics
By Amir Alexander
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Publish Date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Language
eng
Pages
320
Description:
This book explores the relation between romanticism and the rise of abstraction in mathematics during the 18th century.
subjects: Mathematics, History, Mathematics -- Social aspects -- History, Mathematics, history, Social aspects
People: Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829), Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, János Bolyai (1802-1860), Augustin Louis Cauchy Baron (1789-1857), Evariste Galois (1811-1832), Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855), Leonhard Euler (1707-1783)
Places: Europe
Times: 1750 to 1850