Article ID: CBB000059356

Nicholas Bourbaki, collective mathematician: An interview with Claude Chevalley (1985)

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Description Nicholas Bourbaki was a “person” invented by seven mathematicians, including Chevalley, in 1935. These seven published under the pseudonym Bourbaki for several years.


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Authors & Contributors
Beaulieu, Liliane
Corry, Leo
Aubin, David
Anne-Sandrine Paumier
Speranza, Francesco
Mathias, A. R. D.
Journals
Science in Context
History of Science
Concepts
Mathematics
Personality of the scientist
Algebraic geometry
Mathematical analysis
Science and society
Categories (philosophy)
People
Bourbaki, Nicolas, pseud.
Pondiczery, E. S., pseud.
Time Periods
20th century
Ancient
20th century, late
20th century, early
Places
France
Americas
Germany
Institutions
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Harvard University
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
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