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Beyond the Limit: The Dream of Sofya Kovalevskaya (2002) |
 | Joan Spicci |
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This book is a novelized account of the life of
Sofia Kovalevskaya (aka Sonia Kovalevskey and infinitely1 many alternative
spellings), famous today as the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in
mathematics.... (more) |
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Le Cas de Sophie K. (2005) |
 | Jean-Frangois Peyret (playwright and director) |
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This play about Sofya Kovalevskaya emphasizes her nihilistic leanings (as expressed in Kovalevskaya's own fiction). The production featured unusual modern staging, such as having three actresses portraying... (more) |
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A Hill on the Dark Side of the Moon (1983) |
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| Lennart Hjulström |
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A Swedish film about the life of Sonia Kovalevsky. The title refers,
apparently, to a site on the moon which was actually named in her
honor. The film tends to avoid the mathematics (for example, melodramatic... (more) |
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Too Much Happiness (2009) |
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| Alice Munro |
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The penultimate collection of short stories from Nobel laureate Alice Munro features a title story about the final days of Sonia Kovalevskaya. The main source of tension in the story is her love affair... (more) |
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Uniform Convergence: A One-Woman Play (2016) |
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| Corrine Yap |
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This play about race, gender and math was written and first performed by Corrine Yap when she was a math/theater double major at Sarah Lawrence College. It has evolved and changed and continued to be... (more) |
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