Book ID: CBB001020030

Duel at Dawn: Heroes, Martyrs, and the Rise of Modern Mathematics (2010)

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Alexander, Amir R. (Author)


Harvard University Press


Publication Date: 2010
Physical Details: 307 pp.; ill.; index
Language: English

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Review Grant, Hardy (2011) Review of "Duel at Dawn: Heroes, Martyrs, and the Rise of Modern Mathematics". Historia Mathematica (p. 125). unapi

Review Aubin, David (2011) Review of "Duel at Dawn: Heroes, Martyrs, and the Rise of Modern Mathematics". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 139). unapi

Review Mazzotti, Massimo (2011) Review of "Duel at Dawn: Heroes, Martyrs, and the Rise of Modern Mathematics". American Historical Review (pp. 217-218). unapi

Review Parshall, Karen Hunger (2011) Review of "Duel at Dawn: Heroes, Martyrs, and the Rise of Modern Mathematics". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 134). unapi

Review Heard, John (2011) Review of "Duel at Dawn: Heroes, Martyrs, and the Rise of Modern Mathematics". Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science (pp. 40-41). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Ehrhardt, Caroline
Craik, Alex D. D.
Pierre Journoud
Anne-Laure Anizan
Anne van Weerden
Anne-Sandrine Paumier
Journals
Revue d'Histoire des Mathématiques
Historia Mathematica
Science in Context
British Journal for the History of Mathematics
Revue de Synthèse
British Journal for the History of Science
Publishers
World Scientific
Franz Steiner Verlag
Éditions de l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
CNRS Éditions
New York, City University of
Concepts
Mathematics
Mathematicians
Science and society
Biographies
Algebra
Group theory
People
Galois, Évariste
Vilant, Nicolas
Taton, René
Spence, William
Napoleon I, Emperor of France
Lilley, Samuel
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
20th century, early
17th century
Places
France
Paris (France)
Great Britain
Scotland
Italy
Europe
Institutions
Astronomical Bureau (China)
École Centrale de Paris
Académie des Sciences, Paris
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