Amir Alexander, Duel at Dawn: Heroes, Martyrs, and the Rise of Modern Mathematics. Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press, 2010. Pp. 307. ISBN 987-0-674-04661-0. £21.95 [Book Review]

British Journal for the History of Science 44 (1):134-135 (2011)
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