‘[...] the first handsome mathematical lady I’ve ever seen!’ On the role of beauty in portrayals of Sofia Kovalevskaya

DOI10.1080/17498430.2017.1318249zbMath1394.01079OpenAlexW2613172553WikidataQ58523921 ScholiaQ58523921MaRDI QIDQ4588803

Eva Kaufholz-Soldat

Publication date: 2 November 2017

Published in: BSHM Bulletin: Journal of the British Society for the History of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/17498430.2017.1318249

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) Sociology (and profession) of mathematics (01A80)

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