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Oxford figures : a history of mathematics at Oxford / edited by John Fauvel, Raymond Flood and Robin Wilson.
Van Pelt Library QA14.G73 O947 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- University of Oxford.
- Mathematics--Study and teaching (Higher)--England--Oxford--History.
- Mathematics.
- Mathematics--England--Oxford--History.
- Mathematicians--England--Oxford--Intellectual life.
- Mathematicians.
- Mathematicians--England--Oxford--Social life and customs.
- University of Oxford--History.
- History.
- Manners and customs.
- Intellectual life.
- Mathematics--Study and teaching (Higher).
- England--Oxford.
- Physical Description:
- 296 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Contents:
- 1. 800 years of mathematical traditions / John Fauvel 1
- 2. Medieval Oxford / John North 29
- 3. Renaissance Oxford / John Fauvel, Robert Goulding 41
- 4. Mathematical instruments / Willem Hackmann 63
- 5. The mid-seventeenth century / Allan chapman 77
- 6. John Wallis / Raymond Flood, John Fauvel 97
- 7. Edmond Halley / Allan Chapman 117
- 8. Oxford's Newtonian school / Allan Chapman 137
- 9. Georgian Oxford / John Fauvel 151
- 10. Thomas Hornsby and the Radcliffe Observatory / Allan Chapman 169
- 11. The mid-nineteenth century / Keith Hannabuss 187
- 12. Henry Smith / Keith Hannabuss 203
- 13. James Joseph Sylvester / John Fauvel 219
- 14. The twentieth century / Margaret E. Rayner 241
- 15. Some personal reminiscences / Sir Michael Atiyah 257.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-288) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0198523092
- OCLC:
- 41966992
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