With a fresh undergraduate degree in mathematics, Svetlana Nikolova embarks on her next journey, the quest for a Ph.D. This requires solving some mathematical problems which have never been solved before. She must also survive a tense relationship with her adviser and several bureaucratic roadblocks. And should she succeed, then what next?
In 1970s Bulgaria, 18-year old Svetlana Nikolova enters the University of Sofia to study mathematics. This book follows Svetlana and her friends' trials and adventures through three years of undergraduate studies. Can Svetlana overcome her professors' views of female mathematicians? Will she survive the intense competition? Can she beat the boys at "their" game? Will she find love?
Price:
Free!
Words: 5,620.
Language:
Bulgarian.
Published: May 5, 2012
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Categories:
Poetry » Eastern European Poetry
63 poems written 1980-1991, organized thematically into 6 cycles. Preceded by a credo poem which is an answer to the poetess Blaga Dimitrova. Includes pen and ink illustrations by the author.