Sophie's diary

Sophie's diary

by Musielak, Dora

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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 fictionalised diary uses mathematics, intertwined with historically-accurate accounts of the social chaos that reigned in Paris between 1789 and 1794, to describe the learning journey of a remarkable girl who became the first and only woman in history to make a substantial contri…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Sophie's diary / Dora Musielak.

Summary

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 fictionalised diary uses mathematics, intertwined with historically-accurate accounts of the social chaos that reigned in Paris between 1789 and 1794, to describe the learning journey of a remarkable girl who became the first and only woman in history to make a substantial contribution to the proof ofFermat's Last Theorem.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:cop. 2012.
  • Edition:2nd ed

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 vol. (IX-279 p.) : : ill., cartes. ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780883855775, 0883855771
  • oclc:ocn867637500
  • LC Classification:PS3613.U843
  • Dewey Decimal:813/.6

Table of Contents

Paris, France, 1789 : -- Awakening ; -- Paris, France, 1790 : -- Discovery -- Paris, France, 1791 : -- Introspection -- Paris, France, 1792 : -- Under seige -- Paris, France, 1793 : -- Upon the threshold -- Intellectualdiscovery -- Paris, France, 1794 : -- Knocking on heaven's door.

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