Sir Jonas Moore : practical mathematics and restoration science / Frances Willmoth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willmoth, Frances, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moore, Jonas, Sir, 1617-1679.

Moore, Jonas.

Mathematicians--England--Biography.

Mathematicians.

Science.

History.

Mathematics.

England.

Mathematics--England--History--17th century.

Science--England--History--17th century.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xi, 244 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 1993.

Summary:

Sir Jonas Moore (1617-79) -- practical mathematician, teacher, author, surveyor, cartographer, Ordnance Officer, courtier and patron of astronomy --had a remarkable career, and was one of the first to make a substantial fortune from mathematical practice. Dr Willmoth follows his progress to a knighthood, membership of the Royal Society, and favour at the court of Charles II; she assesses his contribution to the draining of the Great Level (under Cornelius Vermuyden) and the building of the Mole at Tangier, and records how, as Surveyor-General of the Ordnance, he became a patron of the new Royal Observatory at Greenwich. Her researches illustrate the changing views of mathematics at the time, and reinforce the argument for the 17th-century `scientific revolution'.FRANCES WILLMOTH is currently working on an edition of John Flamsteed's correspondence. (East Anglian) Study of the life and varied career of Sir Jonas Moore (1617-79) -- practical mathematician, teacher, author, surveyor, cartographer, Ordnance Officer, courtier and patron of astronomy -- who was involved in the draining of the Great Level in the Fens.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [216]-233) and index.

ISBN:

0851153216 :

OCLC:

28145638