Nothing stopped Sophie : the story of unshakable mathematician Sophie Germain
Title:
Nothing stopped Sophie : the story of unshakable mathematician Sophie Germain
Author:
Added Author:
McClintock, Barbara,
ISBN:
9780316278201
Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 27 cm
Language:
English
Format:
Book
Subject:
| Women mathematicians -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. |
| Mathematicians -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. |
| Mathematics -- France -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature. |
| Germain, Sophie, 1776-1831 -- Juvenile literature. |
Summary:
A biography of Sophie Germain, who grew up during the French Revolution and followed her dream of studying mathematics, becoming the first woman to win a grand prize from the Royal Academy of Sciences and changing the world with her discoveries.--
