Duel at Dawn : Heroes, Martyrs, and the Rise of Modern Mathematics
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0674061748
ISBN-13
9780674061743
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Imprint
Harvard University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 15th, 2011
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
378 grams
Dimensions
23.40 x 15.60 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
History of mathematics
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Alexander shows how popular stories about mathematicians are really morality tales about their craft as it relates to the world. In the eighteenth century, he says, mathematicians were idealized as child-like, eternally curious; by the nineteenth century, brilliant mathematicians became Romantic heroes like poets, artists, and musicians.
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