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Duel at Dawn - Amir Alexander - Bog

- Heroes, Martyrs, and the Rise of Modern 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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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674061743
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 320
  • Udgivet:
  • 15. oktober 2011
  • Størrelse:
  • 156x234x22 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 378 g.
  • 2-3 uger.
  • 17. december 2024
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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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