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Henri Poincaré: A Scientific Biography by Jeremy Gray

PRINCETON AND OXFORD: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2012, 608 PP., US $35.00, ISBN-10: 0691152713 and ISBN-13: 978-0691152714

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Mclarty, C. Henri Poincaré: A Scientific Biography by Jeremy Gray . Math Intelligencer 36, 64–67 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-013-9435-z

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