Remembering Sofya Kovalevskaya

Sofia Kovalevskaya was a brilliant and determined young Russian woman of the 19th century who wanted to become a mathematician and who succeeded, in often difficult circumstances, in becoming arguably the first woman to have a professional university career in the way we understand it today. This me...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Audin, Michèle (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edición:1st ed. 2011.
Temas:
Mathematics.
History.
Mechanics, Applied.
Sex.
History of Mathematical Sciences.
Engineering Mechanics.
Gender Studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Sofya's chronology
  • Sofya's names
  • Stories
  • The thesis of Sofya, the Cauchy-Kovalevskaya theorem
  • The Solid
  • A letter to Mittag-Leffler
  • Stockholm
  • A letter to Vollmar
  • The Bordin prize and Sofya's reputation
  • The women of Men of mathematics
  • I remember Sofya, by George, Gösta, Julia and all the rest
  • I too remember Sofya
  • Bibliography.

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