Sophie Germain - Revolutionary Mathematician (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2020)

This biography of the mathematician, Sophie Germain, paints a rich portrait of a brilliant and complex woman, the mathematics she developed, her associations with Gauss, Legendre, and other leading researchers, and the tumultuous times in which she lived. Sophie Germain stood right between Gauss and Legendre, and both publicly recognized her scientific efforts. Unlike her female predecessors and contemporaries, Sophie Germain was an impressive mathematician and made lasting contributions to both number theory and the theories of plate vibrations and elasticity. She was able to walk with ease across the bridge between the fields of pure mathematics and engineering physics. Though isolated and snubbed by her peers, Sophie Germain was the first woman to win the prize of mathematics from the French Academy of Sciences. She is the only woman who contributed to the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. In this unique biography, Dora Musielak has done the impossible she has chronicled Sophie Germain's brilliance through her life and work in mathematics, in a way that is simultaneously informative, comprehensive, and accurate.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Springer Biographies
Release date:	March 2020
First published:	2020
Authors:	Dora Musielak
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	254
Edition:	2nd ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-038374-9
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Science, technology & engineering Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > History of mathematics Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Classical mechanics > Sound, vibration & waves (acoustics) Books > Biography > Science, technology & engineering
LSN:	3-03-038374-1
Barcode:	9783030383749

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