Sophie's diary / Dora Musielak.

Sophie's Diary: A Mathematical Novel is a work of fiction inspired by French mathematician Sophie Germain. It chronicles the coming of age of a teenager learning mathematics on her own, growing up during the most turbulent years of the French Revolution. The fictionalized diary uses mathematics...

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Main Author: Musielak, Dora
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : Mathematical Association of America, ©2012.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:MAA spectrum.
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505 0 |a Cover -- copyright page -- title page -- Paris, France: 1789 -- Awakening -- Paris, France: 1790 -- Discovery -- Paris, France: 1791 -- Introspection -- Paris, France: 1792 -- Under Siege -- Paris, France: 1793 -- Upon the Threshold -- Intellectual Discovery -- Paris, France: 1794 -- Knocking on Heaven's Door -- Appendices -- Author's Note -- Sophie Germain Biographical Sketch -- Marie-Sophie Germain Timeline -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index 
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