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Translated from French. From Preface: Let's say it straightaway: Nicolas Bourbaki is not an individual but a group of mathematicians, almost all French. Formed in 1935, this colorful group consists of a dozen members and re mains active today. Despite being unknown to most of the general public, these mathematicians changed the face of mathematics during the sixties and seventies.
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Maurice Mashaal
- Publisher
- American Mathematical Society
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780821839676
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Mathematics, Memoir, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.79 / 5 (14 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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