The Correspondence Of Charles Hutton

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The Correspondence Of Charles Hutton

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Author : Benjamin Wardhaugh
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017-12-08

The Correspondence Of Charles Hutton written by Benjamin Wardhaugh and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-08 with Mathematics categories.

This book contains all the letters that are known to survive from the correspondence of Charles Hutton (1737-1823). Hutton was one of the most prominent British mathematicians of his generation; he played roles at the Royal Society, the Royal Military Academy, the Board of Longitude, the 'philomath' network and elsewhere. He worked on the explosive force of gunpowder and the mean density of the earth, wining the Royal Society's Copley medal in 1778; he was also at the focus of a celebrated row at the Royal Society in 1784 over the place of mathematics there. He is of particular historical interest because of the variety of roles he played in British mathematics, the dexterity with which he navigated, exploited and shaped personal and professional networks in mathematics and science, and the length and visibility of his career. Hutton corresponded nationally and internationally, and his correspondence illustrates the overlapping, the intersection and interaction of the different networks in which Hutton moved. It therefore provides new information about how Georgian mathematics was structured socially, and how mathematical careers worked in that period. It provides a rare and valuable view of a mathematical culture that would substantially cease to exist when British mathematics embraced continental methods from the early ninetheenth century onwards. Over 130 letters survive, from 1770 to 1822, but they are widely scattered (in nearly thirty different archives) and have not been catalogued or edited before. This edition situates the correspondence with an introduction and explanatory notes.

Beyond The Learned Academy

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Author : Philip Beeley
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2024

Beyond The Learned Academy written by Philip Beeley and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with History categories.

Comprising fifteen essays by leading authorities in the history of mathematics, this volume aims to exemplify the richness, diversity, and breadth of mathematical practice from the seventeenth century through to the middle of the nineteenth century.

Manipulating The Sun

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Author :
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023-12-18

Manipulating The Sun written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-18 with Science categories.

This volume puts two biblical miracles - the Sun reversing its course in II Kings 20:8-11/Isaiah 38:8 (Horologium Ahaz) and the Sun standing still in Joshua 10:12 -, in the early modern period centre stage. We pay special attention to the development of related imagery, their role as anti-Copernican arguments (in text and image), their reception, their treatment in the mathematical sciences, and their various cultural layers, with a focus on the history of art and the history of science in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The material discussed spreads from rather prosaic mathematical reflections to highly appealing visual representations of the two miracles.

Thomas Garnett

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Author : Robert Fox
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2024-01-11

Thomas Garnett written by Robert Fox and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-11 with History categories.

Thomas Garnett was a man of science and physician whose career took him from rural obscurity in 18th-century Westmorland to metropolitan prominence as the first professor of natural philosophy and chemistry at the newly founded Royal Institution in London in 1799. His rise to the summit of British science was far from straightforward, but is brought to life in vivid detail by Robert Fox. Fox gives an engrossing and moving account of the trials, triumphs, and tragedies of Garnett's life, exploring his disputes with established doctors concerning the medicinal virtues of mineral waters, his involvement in the contested politics surrounding the creation of the Royal Institution of Great Britain and his premature death. In doing so, Fox deftly shows how Garnett's life can illuminate a wide canvas of the social history of British science and medicine in the crucial period of early industrialisation

A History Of Scientific Journals

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Author : Aileen Fyfe
language : en
Publisher: UCL Press
Release Date : 2022-10-03

A History Of Scientific Journals written by Aileen Fyfe and has been published by UCL Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-03 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

Modern scientific research has changed so much since Isaac Newton’s day: it is more professional, collaborative and international, with more complicated equipment and a more diverse community of researchers. Yet the use of scientific journals to report, share and store results is a thread that runs through the history of science from Newton’s day to ours. Scientific journals are now central to academic research and careers. Their editorial and peer-review processes act as a check on new claims and findings, and researchers build their careers on the list of journal articles they have published. The journal that reported Newton’s optical experiments still exists. First published in 1665, and now fully digital, the Philosophical Transactions has carried papers by Charles Darwin, Dorothy Hodgkin and Stephen Hawking. It is now one of eleven journals published by the Royal Society of London. Unrivalled insights from the Royal Society’s comprehensive archives have enabled the authors to investigate more than 350 years of scientific journal publishing. The editorial management, business practices and financial difficulties of the Philosophical Transactions and its sibling Proceedings reveal the meaning and purpose of journals in a changing scientific community. At a time when we are surrounded by calls to reform the academic publishing system, it has never been more urgent that we understand its history.

Proceedings Of The United Grand Lodge

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Author : Freemasons
language : en
Publisher:
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Proceedings Of The United Grand Lodge written by Freemasons and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.

Augustus De Morgan Polymath

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Author : Karen Attar
language : en
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Release Date : 2024-09-04

Augustus De Morgan Polymath written by Karen Attar and has been published by Open Book Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-09-04 with Mathematics categories.

When Augustus De Morgan died in 1871, he was described as ‘one of the profoundest mathematicians in the United Kingdom’ and even as ‘the greatest of our mathematicians’. But he was far more than just a mathematician. Because much of his voluminous written output on various subjects was scattered throughout journals and encyclopaedias, the breadth of his interests and contributions has been underappreciated by historians. Now, renewed interest in De Morgan’s life and work has coincided with the digitization of his extensive library, revealing the extent to which he pioneered and influenced the development of not merely mathematics but also logic, astronomy, the history of mathematics, education, and bibliography. This edited collection celebrates De Morgan as a polymath. Drawing together multiple elements of his activity from a range of publications and archives, its contributors re-assess his academic work, his place in his intellectual environment, and his legacy. The result offers new insight into De Morgan himself as well as the wider circles in which he moved, including his family life.

Dictionary Of National Biography

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891

Dictionary Of National Biography written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with Great Britain categories.

Dictionary Of National Biography

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Author : Leslie Stephen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891

Dictionary Of National Biography written by Leslie Stephen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with Great Britain categories.

The Catalogue Of The Public Library Of Victoria

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Author : Public Library, Museums, and National Gallery (Vic.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1880

The Catalogue Of The Public Library Of Victoria written by Public Library, Museums, and National Gallery (Vic.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1880 with Public libraries categories.