# Abel's Proof

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- Book: [Abel's Proof](https://www.bookquiver.com/peter-pesic/abels-proof) ([Abel's Proof.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/peter-pesic/abels-proof.md))
- Authors: [Peter Pesic](https://www.bookquiver.com/peter-pesic)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6266-182-9
- Pages: 222
- Published: 2004-02-27
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The intellectual and human story of a mathematical proof that transformed our ideas about mathematics. In 1824 a young Norwegian named Niels Henrik Abel proved conclusively that algebraic equations of the...