Year of Award: 1987

Award: Lester R. Ford

Publication Information: The American Mathematical Monthly, vol. 93, 1986, pp. 407-411

Summary: This book review of Galois Theory by Harold Edwards provides a nice survey of Galois's mathematics and how it was perceived by his contemporaries.

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About the Author: Peter M. Neumann was at Oxford University at the time of publication.