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Villette
A.S. Byatt, Charlotte Brontë, Ignes Sodre
Unknown Quantity: A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra
John Derbyshire
A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow
George R.R. Martin
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena: A Novel
Anthony Marra

Duel at Dawn: Heroes, Martyrs, and the Rise of Modern Mathematics

Duel at Dawn: Heroes, Martyrs, and the Rise of Modern Mathematics - Amir Alexander This was a terrific book, so long as the reader has an interest in either math or in modern intellectual history. The only way this book could have been improved is if the author had included some contributions from women mathematicians. They are conspicuous by their absence. I realize that 19th c. Europe was not swimming in female geometres, but it seems inconceivable that they played absolutely *zero* role in the developments chronicled in this book. That said, it was terribly interesting reading the true story of Galois. It would make a great movie, to be sure.