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A Russian Childhood
S. Kovalevskaya
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Description for A Russian Childhood
Hardcover. Editor(s): Stillman, B. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BG; PB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
In the year 1889 Sofya Vasilievna Kovalevskaya, Profes- sor of Mathematics at the University of Stockholm, pub- lished her recollections of growing up in mid-nineteenth century Russia. Professor Kovalevskaya was already an international celebrity, and partly for the wrong reasons: less as the distinguished mathematician she actually was than as a mathematical lady -a bizarre but fascinating phenomenon.* Her book was an immediate success. She had written it in Russian, but its first publication was a translation into Swedish, the language of her adopted homeland, where it appeared thinly disguised as a novel under the title From Russian Ltfe: ... Read more
In the year 1889 Sofya Vasilievna Kovalevskaya, Profes- sor of Mathematics at the University of Stockholm, pub- lished her recollections of growing up in mid-nineteenth century Russia. Professor Kovalevskaya was already an international celebrity, and partly for the wrong reasons: less as the distinguished mathematician she actually was than as a mathematical lady -a bizarre but fascinating phenomenon.* Her book was an immediate success. She had written it in Russian, but its first publication was a translation into Swedish, the language of her adopted homeland, where it appeared thinly disguised as a novel under the title From Russian Ltfe: ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1978
Condition
New
Weight
549g
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387903484
SKU
V9780387903484
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99-15
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