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Kovalevsky
[ kov-uh-lef-skee, -lev- ]
noun
- So·nia [sohn, -y, uh], Sofia Vasilievna Kovalevskaya, 1850–91, Russian mathematician.
Kovalevsky
/ kŏv′ə-lĕv′skē /
- Russian mathematician who made important contributions to calculus. Her mathematical determination of the shape of Saturn's rings became a model for other scientists.
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Another great and noteworthy figure about whom all zoologists are glad to learn as much as possible is Kovalevsky.
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Kovalevsky and Metchnikoff, who greatly desired to know them, decided to call on them, after much hesitation.
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Kovalevsky had been right in affirming the contrary, and Elie hastened to write to tell him so.
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He found in Kovalevsky a young man with shy but cordial manners and the clear sweet eyes of a pure child, obviously an idealist.
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He therefore hastened towards Naples, where his work and Kovalevsky attracted him far more.
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