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Evariste Galois (1811-1832)
Laura Toti Rigatelli
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Paperback. Evariste Galois' short life was lived against the turbulent background of the restoration of the Bourbons to the throne of France, the 1830 revolution in Paris and the accession of Louis-Phillipe. This work focuses on a life led with great intensity and a death met tragically under dark circumstances. Series: Vita Mathematica. Num Pages: 163 pages, 34 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; BG; PBF; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 540.
Evariste Galois' short life was lived against the turbulent background of the restoration of the Bourbons to the throne of France, the 1830 revolution in Paris and the accession of Louis-Phillipe. This new and scrupulously researched biography of the founder of modern algebra sheds much light on a life led with great intensity and a death met tragically under dark circumstances. Sorting speculation from documented fact, it offers the fullest and most exacting account ever written of Galois' life and work. It took more than seventy years to fully understand the French mathematician's first mémoire (published in 1846) which formulated ... Read more
Evariste Galois' short life was lived against the turbulent background of the restoration of the Bourbons to the throne of France, the 1830 revolution in Paris and the accession of Louis-Phillipe. This new and scrupulously researched biography of the founder of modern algebra sheds much light on a life led with great intensity and a death met tragically under dark circumstances. Sorting speculation from documented fact, it offers the fullest and most exacting account ever written of Galois' life and work. It took more than seventy years to fully understand the French mathematician's first mémoire (published in 1846) which formulated ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
163
Condition
New
Series
Vita Mathematica
Number of Pages
163
Place of Publication
Basel, Switzerland
ISBN
9783764354107
SKU
V9783764354107
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Reviews for Evariste Galois (1811-1832)
"This very pleasant, interesting and well-written biography is based on the analysis and interpretation of a series of hitherto neglected documents found by the author in the French archives. Certainly a book to recommend and that every mathematical library should have."
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