Duel at dawn
Subtitle: heroes, martyrs, and the rise of modern mathematics
By: Amir Alexander
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9780674046610
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Showdown in Paris
pagenum: 1; label: I
title: Natural Men; label: 1
title: The Eternal Child
pagenum: 19; label: 2
title: Natural Mathematics
pagenum: 49; label: II
title: Heroes and Martyrs; label: 3
title: A Habit of Insult: The Short and Impertinent Life of Evariste Galois
pagenum: 77; label: 4
title: The Exquisite Dance of the Blue Nymphs
pagenum: 103; label: 5
title: A Martyr to Contempt
pagenum: 127; label: III
title: Romantic Mathematics; label: 6
title: The Poetry of Mathematics
pagenum: 159; label: 7
title: Purity and Rigor: The Birth of Modern Mathematics
pagenum: 184; label: IV
title: A New and Different World; label: 8
title: The Gifted Swordsman
pagenum: 215; title: Conclusion: Portrait of a Mathematician
pagenum: 253; title: Notes
pagenum: 275; title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: 299; title: Index 301