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From Servant to Queen: A Journey through Victorian Mathematics

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Buch | Hardcover
276 Seiten
2019
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-12413-4 (ISBN)
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Pure mathematics in Britain at the start of the nineteenth century was mainly a recreation for amateurs. Using primary sources, this engaging account describes how, by the start of World War I, it had become an academic discipline of repute led by G. H. Hardy and supported by the internationally-respected London Mathematical Society.
With a few notable exceptions, pure mathematics in Britain at the beginning of the nineteenth century was mainly a recreation for amateurs. Drawing on primary sources, John Heard provides an engaging account of the process by which it rose to become an academic discipline of repute which by the First World War was led by G. H. Hardy, and supported by the internationally-respected London Mathematical Society. In chronicling that rise, this book describes key contributions and the social environment in which mathematicians operated, using contemporary commentary where appropriate. No mathematical knowledge is required, and readers with a wide range of interests and backgrounds will find much to enjoy here. The material is presented from an impartial point of view, and provides full references to help any researchers who want to dig deeper into the original sources. The result is a unique insight into the world of Victorian mathematics and science.

John Heard is an independent researcher with a doctorate in the history of science from Imperial College London. He is also a member of the British Society for the History of Science, the British Society for the History of Mathematics, and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Acknowledgements; Notes for the reader; 1. Setting the scene; 2. The legacy of Newton; 3. The London Mathematical Society; 4. The pure mathematician as hero; 5. Mathematicians in an aethereal world; 6. Apologias for pure mathematicians; 7. Embracing beauty; 8. Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

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Zusatzinfo 1 Tables, black and white; 1 Halftones, color; 11 Halftones, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 157 x 235 mm
Gewicht 590 g
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Geschichte der Mathematik
Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10 1-107-12413-1 / 1107124131
ISBN-13 978-1-107-12413-4 / 9781107124134
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