Beyond the limit
Subtitle: the dream of Sofya Kovalevskaya
By: Joan Spicci.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Forge
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 490
Subjects: Kovalevskai͡a︡, S. V. 1850-1891 -- Fiction.; Kovalevskiĭ, Vladimir Onufrievich, 1842-1883 -- Marriage -- Fiction.; Women mathematicians -- Fiction.; Russia -- History -- 1801-1917 -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Determined to free herself and her sister from oppressive conventions that complicate their quest for an education, nineteenth-century would-be mathematician Sofya arranges their marriages so that they can study abroad.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [491]).
"A Tom Doherty Associates book."