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Whom the gods love by Leopold Infeld · Booklabria

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Whom the gods love

BiographyMathematicians

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First published: 1948
Language: English
Editions: 2

Synopsis

This is a fascinating account of the tragic, magic, inspired, brief life of Evariste Galois, a French Mathematician whose brilliance was, perhaps, unparalleled, and whose life of tumult and turmoil ended all too soon when this young man was not quite 21 years-old.

Subjects: Biography
Mathematicians
Symmetry
Group theory
Galois theory
Set in: France
Paris
Time: French Revolution

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