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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.
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.
Dr. Dora Musielak is a Research Professor at the University of Texas-Arlington where she teaches advanced mathematics to doctoral students of science and engineering. She is a NASA Fellow and recipient of other honors. Passionate about the history of science, Dora Musielak is the author of Sophie's Diary, a mathematical novel published by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), and The Princess and the Mathematician, short stories based on the exact sciences. In 2018 she published Euler Celestial Analysis, a biography of Leonhard Euler that highlights his contributions to mathematical astronomy.
First comprehensive biography of French mathematician Sophie Germain describing her contributions to mathematics and her efforts to prove Fermat's Last Theorem
Includes many lesser-known facts about Sophie Germain and her contemporaries, including Gauss, Legendre, Lagrange, Libri, Poisson, Fourier, and Cauchy.
Fully referenced, this book offers a unique perspective on the scientific environment that flourished in nineteenth-century France
Unforgettable Childhood.- Lessons from l'École Polytechnique.- Sophie's Sublime Arithmetica.- Chladni and His Acoustic Experiments.- Euler and the Bernoullis.- Germain and Her Biharmonic Equation.- Experiments with Vibrating Plates.- Elasticity Theory After Germain.- Germain and Fermat's Last Theorem.- Pensées de Germain.- Friends, Rivals, and Mentors.- List of Illustrations.- The Last Years.- Unanswered Questions.- Princess of Mathematics.- Germain-Gauss Correspondence.- A Bibliography on Sophie Germain.- Illustration Credits.-Index.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Mathematik |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Thema: | Lexika |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Seiten: | 272 |
| Reihe: | Springer Biographies |
| Inhalt: |
xvii
254 S. 47 s/w Illustr. 7 farbige Illustr. 254 p. 54 illus. 7 illus. in color. |
| ISBN-13: | 9783030383749 |
| ISBN-10: | 3030383741 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | HC runder Rücken kaschiert |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Musielak, Dora |
| Auflage: | 2nd ed. 2020 |
| Hersteller: |
Springer International Publishing
Springer Biographies |
| Maße: | 241 x 160 x 21 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Dora Musielak |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 24.03.2020 |
| Gewicht: | 0,576 kg |
Dr. Dora Musielak is a Research Professor at the University of Texas-Arlington where she teaches advanced mathematics to doctoral students of science and engineering. She is a NASA Fellow and recipient of other honors. Passionate about the history of science, Dora Musielak is the author of Sophie's Diary, a mathematical novel published by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), and The Princess and the Mathematician, short stories based on the exact sciences. In 2018 she published Euler Celestial Analysis, a biography of Leonhard Euler that highlights his contributions to mathematical astronomy.
First comprehensive biography of French mathematician Sophie Germain describing her contributions to mathematics and her efforts to prove Fermat's Last Theorem
Includes many lesser-known facts about Sophie Germain and her contemporaries, including Gauss, Legendre, Lagrange, Libri, Poisson, Fourier, and Cauchy.
Fully referenced, this book offers a unique perspective on the scientific environment that flourished in nineteenth-century France
Unforgettable Childhood.- Lessons from l'École Polytechnique.- Sophie's Sublime Arithmetica.- Chladni and His Acoustic Experiments.- Euler and the Bernoullis.- Germain and Her Biharmonic Equation.- Experiments with Vibrating Plates.- Elasticity Theory After Germain.- Germain and Fermat's Last Theorem.- Pensées de Germain.- Friends, Rivals, and Mentors.- List of Illustrations.- The Last Years.- Unanswered Questions.- Princess of Mathematics.- Germain-Gauss Correspondence.- A Bibliography on Sophie Germain.- Illustration Credits.-Index.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Mathematik |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Thema: | Lexika |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Seiten: | 272 |
| Reihe: | Springer Biographies |
| Inhalt: |
xvii
254 S. 47 s/w Illustr. 7 farbige Illustr. 254 p. 54 illus. 7 illus. in color. |
| ISBN-13: | 9783030383749 |
| ISBN-10: | 3030383741 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | HC runder Rücken kaschiert |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Musielak, Dora |
| Auflage: | 2nd ed. 2020 |
| Hersteller: |
Springer International Publishing
Springer Biographies |
| Maße: | 241 x 160 x 21 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Dora Musielak |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 24.03.2020 |
| Gewicht: | 0,576 kg |
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