Oxford figures : 800 years of the mathematical sciences / edited by John Fauvel, Raymond Flood and Robin Wilson.
2000
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Title
Oxford figures : 800 years of the mathematical sciences / edited by John Fauvel, Raymond Flood and Robin Wilson.
Created/published
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Description
296 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Associated name
Bibliography, etc.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-288) and index.
Contents
800 years of mathematical traditions / John Fauvel
Medieval Oxford / John North
Renaissance Oxford / John Fauvel and Robert Goulding
Mathematical instruments / Willem Hackmann
The mid-seventeenth century / Allan Chapman
John Wallis / Raymond Flood and John Flauvel
Edmond Halley / Allan Chapman
Oxford's Newtonian school / Allan Chapman
Georgian Oxford / John Fauvel
Thomas Hornsby and the Radcliffe Observatory / Allan Chapman
The mid-nineteenth century / Keith Hannabuss
Henry Smith / Keith Hannabuss
James Joseph Sylvester / John Flauvel
The twentieth century / Margaret E. Rayner
Some personal reminiscences / Sir Michael Atiyah.
Medieval Oxford / John North
Renaissance Oxford / John Fauvel and Robert Goulding
Mathematical instruments / Willem Hackmann
The mid-seventeenth century / Allan Chapman
John Wallis / Raymond Flood and John Flauvel
Edmond Halley / Allan Chapman
Oxford's Newtonian school / Allan Chapman
Georgian Oxford / John Fauvel
Thomas Hornsby and the Radcliffe Observatory / Allan Chapman
The mid-nineteenth century / Keith Hannabuss
Henry Smith / Keith Hannabuss
James Joseph Sylvester / John Flauvel
The twentieth century / Margaret E. Rayner
Some personal reminiscences / Sir Michael Atiyah.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- Oxford.
Call number
QA14.G73 O947 2000