Bourbaki

/ ˈbɔːbəkɪ /

noun

1. Nicholas Bourbaki
   Nicholas Bourbaki the pseudonym of a group of mainly French mathematicians that, since 1939, has been producing a monumental work on advanced mathematics, Eléments de Mathématique

Example Sentences

Hard upon Chaudordy, followed a man destined before long to achieve a melancholy celebrity, General Bourbaki.

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General Bourbaki, as a professional soldier, took a most gloomy view of the military situation.

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The crowning misfortune was the memorable dbcle of Bourbaki, one of the most tragic episodes in modern warfare.

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The armistice applied to all the armies of the provinces save Bourbaki's, the only one that would have profited by it.

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Bourbaki has been obliged to take refuge in Switzerland and his force has been disarmed there.

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