Duel at Dawn: Heroes, Martyrs, and the Rise of Modern Mathematics by Amir Alexander

Duel at Dawn: Heroes, Martyrs, and the Rise of Modern Mathematics

Amir Alexander

307 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history mathematics science informative slow-paced
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Arguing that not even the purest mathematics can be separated from its cultural background, Alexander shows how popular stories about mathematicians are really morality tales about their craft as it relates to the world.

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