Kovalevsky

[ kov-uh-lef-skee, -lev- ]

noun

1. So·nia [sohn, -y, uh], Sofia Vasilievna Kovalevskaya, 1850–91, Russian mathematician.

Kovalevsky

/ kŏv′ə-lĕv′skē /

1. Russian mathematician who made important contributions to calculus. Her mathematical determination of the shape of Saturn's rings became a model for other scientists.

Example Sentences

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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