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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Alexander, Amir R.     Subjects     Mathematics -- Social aspects -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Alexander, Amir R.       by title:      Duel at dawn : heroe...         MARC Display

Duel at dawn : heroes, martyrs, and the rise of modern mathematics / Amir Alexander. by Alexander, Amir R. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010. Subjects Mathematics -- Social aspects -- History. ISBN:  9780674046610 (hardcover : alk. paper) : 0674046617 (hardcover : alk. paper) Series:  New histories of science, technology, and medicine. Description:  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: the birth of modern mathematics -- IV: A new and different world -- The gifted swordsman -- Conclusion: Portrait of a mathematician. Requests:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 510.9 Al Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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