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From servant to queen : a journey through Victorian mathematics / John Heard.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heard, John (John Michael), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hardy, G. H. (Godfrey Harold), 1877-1947.
- Hardy, G. H.
- Mathematicians--Great Britain--Biography.
- Mathematicians.
- Great Britain.
- Mathematics--History--19th century.
- Mathematics.
- History.
- Mathematics--History--20th century.
- Aesthetics.
- Mathematics in nature.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 267 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- Contents:
- Setting the scene
- The legacy of Newton
- The London Mathematical Society
- The pure mathematician as hero
- Mathematicians in an aethereal world
- Apologias for pure mathematicians
- Embracing beauty
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781107124134
- 1107124131
- OCLC:
- 1057242344
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