Oxford figures : a history of mathematics at Oxford / edited by John Fauvel, Raymond Flood and Robin Wilson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fauvel, John.

Flood, Raymond.

Wilson, Robin J.

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