Évariste Galois, the Teenager Who Revolutionized Mathematics

Evariste Galois, the Teenager Who Revolutionized Mathematics

Whenever we talk about an essential contribution in any field, we always describe it as “revolutionary”. Perhaps we abuse this term so much that it ends up losing some of its meaning. But in France in the early nineteenth century, being a revolutionary had a more literal character, and therefore a riskier one. Évariste Galois (25 October 1811 – 31 May 1832) was revolutionary in two fields, politics and mathematics, and from a very young age; perhaps too young to enjoy a long life. He died tragically at age 20, though not over politics or mathematics, but for a reason that forged the legend of a romantic genius.

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