Niels Henrik Abel and his Times: Called Too Soon by Flames Afar

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A Short Life....Pages 3-31
Front Matter....Pages 33-33
The Abel Family Tree....Pages 35-44
Father’s Period of Schooling and Study in Denmark....Pages 45-53
Vicar and Curate....Pages 55-57
Abel and the Simonsen Family in Risør....Pages 59-65
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Priest at Finnøy, Church Affairs in Kristiansand Diocese....Pages 69-77
Niels Henrik’s First Years....Pages 79-84
Childhood Learning, Childhood Faith....Pages 85-88
Everyday Life in the Shadow of War....Pages 89-95
Ground Swells from Offshore....Pages 97-101
New Sounds in City and Hamlet....Pages 103-107
Home and Abroad, Crises and Turning Points....Pages 109-114
S. G. Abel Steps into Politics....Pages 115-123
The Times during which Niels Henrik Grew Up....Pages 125-129
Niels Henrik Leaves Home....Pages 131-137
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Meeting A New Era....Pages 141-145
School Life, Money Worries and the Joys of the Theatre....Pages 147-159
Everyday Life in Christiania S.G. Abel Enters the Public Spotlight....Pages 161-169
Confirmation and Direction in Life....Pages 171-180
The Fateful Year, 1818....Pages 181-198
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Christiania, Fall, 1818....Pages 199-200
Into Mathematical History....Pages 201-212
School Days and Many More Stories....Pages 213-221
To the Examen artium and Further Studies....Pages 223-238
Student and Homeless....Pages 239-248
Front Matter....Pages 249-249
Free Room and Board at Regentsen....Pages 251-253
Examen Philosophicum: The Course of Studies and the Teachers....Pages 255-259
Student Life and Circle of Friends....Pages 261-269
Spring and Early Summer, 1822....Pages 271-275
Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring....Pages 277-286
Copenhagen — Travel, Summer, 1823....Pages 287-299
The Quintic Equation and Future Plans....Pages 301-309
Betrothal and Preparations....Pages 311-319
Front Matter....Pages 321-321
Through Copenhagen and Hamburg to Berlin....Pages 323-327
Berlin, October 1825 to March 1826....Pages 329-349
Via Leipzig to Freiberg....Pages 351-354
Through Dresden to Prague....Pages 355-367
To Vienna....Pages 369-377
From Vienna to Graz and Trieste....Pages 379-383
Onward to Venice; via Bologna to Bolzano....Pages 385-389
Front Matter....Pages 321-321
In the Dolomites, over to Innsbruck, and on to Mount Rigi....Pages 391-393
Paris, July 10th to December 29th, 1826....Pages 395-420
The Homeward Journey via Berlin and Copenhagen....Pages 421-427
Front Matter....Pages 429-429
Back Home....Pages 431-439
Christiania, Autumn, 1827....Pages 441-449
From January to July, 1828....Pages 451-458
The Final Summer....Pages 459-464
The Final Round, Autumn, 1828....Pages 465-477
Front Matter....Pages 479-479
The Deathbed....Pages 481-493
Back Matter....Pages 495-580