Tony Rothman wrote an article in the American Mathematical Monthly which helped to separate a lot of the fact from the fiction in accounts of Galois's life. Hig

Tony Rothman wrote an article in the American Mathematical Monthly which helped to separate a lot of the fact from the fiction in accounts of Galois's life. Highly recommended: https://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/upload_library/22/Ford/Rothman84-106.pdf https://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/upload_library/2...