Evariste Galois, 1811-1832 (Vita Mathematica, V. 11)
- Paperback: 168 pages
- Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel; 1 edition (December 6, 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 3764354100
- ISBN-13: 978-3764354107
- Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review)
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Awarded 5 stars by Christopher G. Robinson (Cambridge, MA USA).
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Galois was shot in a duel on today's date, May 30, in 1832. Related material for those who prefer entertainment to scholarship—
"It is a melancholy pleasure that what may be [Martin] Gardner’s last published piece, a review of Amir Alexander’s Duel at Dawn: Heroes, Martyrs & the Rise of Modern Mathematics, will appear next week in our June issue." —Roger Kimball of The New Criterion, May 23, 2010.
Today is, incidentally, the feast day of St. Joan of Arc, Die Jungfrau von Orleans. (See "against stupidity" in this journal.)