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Numbers in motion : Sophie Kowalevski, queen of mathematics / by Laurie Wallmark ; illustrated by Yevgenia Nayberg.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Berkeley, California : Creston Books, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781939547637
  • 1939547636
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 510.92 B 23
  • 925/.1
LOC classification:
  • QA29.K67 W35 2020
Summary: Sophie Kowalevski was both a brilliant mathematician and a talented writer. Creative work nurtured her mathematical research, giving her a flexibility of thought she treasured. A wonderful STEAM figure, she not only did mathematical research, but she also created many literary works. This inspiring title tells the story of Sophie's journey as the first woman to receive a doctorate in mathematics, which required original research, holding a university chair in mathematics, and becoming the editor of a major scientific journal.
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Books Books Marianne Beck Memorial Library Juvenile Biography Juvenile Nonfiction J B KOW Available 3011200244334
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Sophie Kowalevski was both a brilliant mathematician and a talented writer. Creative work nurtured her mathematical research, giving her a flexibility of thought she treasured. A wonderful STEAM figure, she not only did mathematical research, but she also created many literary works. This inspiring title tells the story of Sophie's journey as the first woman to receive a doctorate in mathematics, which required original research, holding a university chair in mathematics, and becoming the editor of a major scientific journal.

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