Duel at Dawn: Heroes, Martyrs, and the Rise of Modern Mathematics by Amir Alexander
The Romantic Age zeitgeist profoundly influenced modern mathematicians, a science historian argues.
Harvard Univ. Press, 2010, 320 p., $28.95.
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