Bab 1028: Glory of the Human Mind

St. Petersburg hospital.

A poor girl lay on a white hospital bed; her beautiful blonde hair had lost its color.

However, she slept peacefully.

Lu Zhou was sitting next to the hospital bed. He held a thick book in his hand, reading it quietly.

"Although that eight-page thesis from the Prussian Academy of Sciences in the town of Breslenz completely changed the face of mathematics for the next century and a half, the god of his religion did not grant him immortality.

"The late great mathematician Abel only lived a short life of 39 years and 10 minutes. Passing away in a lakeside town in Italy on July 20, 1866.

"According to his dear friend Dedekin, he was sitting under a tree exploring the world of mathematics the day before he died. He wrote in his memoir—