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Tables of Contents for The Mathematician Sophus Lie
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
PART I The Measure of a Life
Tracking Him Down: A Torrent of Stories
3
24
PART II Family Background and Upbringing
The Family Tree
27
6
The Priestly Family at Nordfjordeid
33
14
Father's Home in Moss
47
12
PART III School and Education
Nissen's School. Examen Artium
59
12
Student Life
71
24
The Lack of a Calling
95
12
PART IV In Tune with the Times
Into Mathematical History
107
9
There was a Mathematician in Him
116
5
The First Tour Abroad
121
32
Parliamentary Professor
153
16
PART V Professor in Christiania
``My Inner Life Has Been Most Mighty''
169
36
``My Life's Good Fortune''
205
15
Marriage at Last
220
10
Herr Professor mit seiner Gemahlin
230
9
In the Lee of ``the Modern Breakthrough''
239
20
A Steady Stream of Works
259
19
The Mathematical Milieu at Home and Abroad
278
21
``It is Lonely, Terribly Lonely''
299
13
Summoned to Leipzig
312
13
PART VI Professor in Leipzing
The Coming Period: A More Difficult Balancing Act
325
6
In the Big City of Leipzig
331
19
Breakdown
350
10
Fame
360
18
Conflicts
378
20
Norwegian Students
398
8
Back to Norway
406
29
PART VII At the End of the Road
The Final Years
435
Appendices
Chronology
455
Notes and Commentaries
460
Sophus Lie's Descendants
512
Chronological Bibliography of Sophus Lie's Published Works
518
Acknowledgements
532
List of Literature
534
Index of Names
545