A Convergence of LivesTo inaugurate a new series, Lives of Women in Science, Rutgers University Press is reissuing this much acclaimed biography of Sofia Kovalevskaia, the renowned nineteenth century mathematician, writer, and revolutionary. Sofia Kovalevskaia's interest in mathematics was roused at an early age her attic nursery had been wallpapered with lecture notes for a course on calculus. She spent hours studying the mysterious walls, trying to figure out which page