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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Laura Toti RigatelliPublisher: Birkhauser Verlag AG Imprint: Birkhauser Verlag AG Edition: 1996 ed. Volume: 11 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.540kg ISBN: 9783764354107ISBN 10: 3764354100 Pages: 163 Publication Date: 01 October 1996 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufatured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1 The Early Years.- 1811-1823.- A Strict School.- 2 The Excitement of Mathematics.- A Beneficial Injustice.- Early Dreams of Glory.- Two Serious Setbacks.- The Beginning of a Difficult Year.- 3 The Three Glorious Days .- The Ordinances of Charles X.- Riots in Paris.- Another King!.- The End of a School Career.- 4 To Louis-Philippe!.- A New Plan.- Trouble with the Law.- The Trial of the Fifteen.- Prison.- 5 A Pointless Death.- The Mathematical Work of Evariste Galois.- Index of Names.- List of Illustrations.ReviewsThis 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. <p>--Numerical Algorithms """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."" --Numerical Algorithms" Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |