Sophie's diary /
Sophie's Diary: A Mathematical Novel is a work of fiction inspired by French mathematician Sophie Germain. It chronicles the coming of age of a teenager learning mathematics on her own, growing up during the most turbulent years of the French Revolution. The fictionalized diary uses mathematics...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Washington, D.C.] :
Mathematical Association of America,
©2012.
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Edición: | 2nd ed. |
Colección: | MAA spectrum.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- copyright page
- title page
- Paris, France: 1789
- Awakening
- Paris, France: 1790
- Discovery
- Paris, France: 1791
- Introspection
- Paris, France: 1792
- Under Siege
- Paris, France: 1793
- Upon the Threshold
- Intellectual Discovery
- Paris, France: 1794
- Knocking on Heaven's Door
- Appendices
- Author's Note
- Sophie Germain Biographical Sketch
- Marie-Sophie Germain Timeline
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Index