Just as Britain is experiencing a great scientific boom, the scientific community of France is also ushering in a dazzling golden age.
Although Britain, across the Channel, is far ahead of its adversary France in practical technology, unfortunately, since the death of Sir Isaac Newton, Britain has not produced a mathematician of significant influence in Europe for a long time.
In the field of mathematics, especially in the past half-century, the French mathematical community, led by Euler, Fourier, Laplace, Lagrange, and Legendre, has overpowered the entire Europe. Their dominance in mathematics is even more terrifying than Napoleon's military superiority.
Just when Britain thought they could finally step up to challenge their old rivals after the passing of Euler, Fourier, and other senior French mathematicians, they were unpleasantly surprised to find that new talents like Cauchy and Poisson had emerged from the corners of France.
