Book ID: CBB001221196

Mathematics in Victorian Britain (2011)

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Flood, Raymond (Editor)
Rice, Adrian (Editor)
Wilson, Robin J. (Editor)


Oxford University Press


Publication Date: 2011
Physical Details: ix + 466 pp.; ill.; index
Language: English

Description Contents:


Reviewed By

Review Richards, Joan L. (2013) Review of "Mathematics in Victorian Britain". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 853). unapi

Review Hunter, Patti Wilger (2014) Review of "Mathematics in Victorian Britain". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (pp. 445-448). unapi

Review Wall, Byron E. (2014) Review of "Mathematics in Victorian Britain". Victorian Studies (pp. 296-297). unapi

Essay Review Rowe, David E. (2013) Exotic Worlds: Victorian Mathematics. Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (pp. 447-450). unapi

Essay Review Alexander, Amir R. (2013) When Mathematics Mattered. Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (pp. 451-453). unapi

Includes Chapters

Chapter Crilly, Tony (2011) Cambridge: The Rise and Fall of the Mathematical Tripos. In: Mathematics in Victorian Britain (p. 17). unapi

Chapter Rice, Adrian (2011) Introduction. In: Mathematics in Victorian Britain (p. 1). unapi

Chapter Hannabuss, Keith (2011) Mathematics in Victorian Oxford: A Tale of Three Professors. In: Mathematics in Victorian Britain (p. 35). unapi

Chapter Rice, Adrian (2011) Mathematics in the Metropolis: A Survey of Victorian London. In: Mathematics in Victorian Britain (p. 53). unapi

Chapter Mann, A. J. S.; Craik, A. D. D. (2011) Scotland: Land of Opportunity but Few Rewards. In: Mathematics in Victorian Britain (p. 77). unapi

Chapter Flood, Raymond (2011) Taking Root: Mathematics in Victorian Ireland. In: Mathematics in Victorian Britain (p. 103). unapi

Chapter Barrow-Green, June (2011) Wranglers in Exile: Mathematics in the British Empire. In: Mathematics in Victorian Britain (p. 121). unapi

Chapter Despeaux, Sloan Evans (2011) A Voice for Mathematics: Victorian Mathematical Journals and Societies. In: Mathematics in Victorian Britain (p. 155). unapi

Chapter Craik, A. D. D. (2011) Victorian “Applied Mathematics”. In: Mathematics in Victorian Britain (p. 177). unapi

Chapter Chapman, Allan (2011) Victorian Astronomy: The Age of the “Grand Amateur”. In: Mathematics in Victorian Britain (p. 201). unapi

Chapter Swade, Doron D. (2011) Calculating Engines: Machines, Mathematics, and Misconceptions. In: Mathematics in Victorian Britain (p. 239). unapi

Chapter Magnello, M. Eileen (2011) Vital Statistics: The Measurement of Public Health. In: Mathematics in Victorian Britain (p. 283). unapi

Chapter Grattan-Guinness, I. (2011) Instruction in the Calculus and Differential Equations in Victorian and Edwardian Britain. In: Mathematics in Victorian Britain (p. 303). unapi

Chapter Moktefi, Amirouche (2011) Geometry: The Euclid Debate. In: Mathematics in Victorian Britain (p. 321). unapi

Chapter Parshall, Karen Hunger (2011) Victorian Algebra: The Freedom to Create New Mathematical Entities. In: Mathematics in Victorian Britain (p. 339). unapi

Chapter Grattan-Guinness, I. (2011) Victorian Logic: From Whately to Russell. In: Mathematics in Victorian Britain (p. 359). unapi

Chapter Wilson, Robin (2011) Combinatorics: A Very Victorian Recreation. In: Mathematics in Victorian Britain (p. 377). unapi

Chapter Gray, Jeremy (2011) Overstating Their Case? Reflections on British Pure Mathematics in the 19th Century. In: Mathematics in Victorian Britain (p. 397). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Dunning, David E.
Moretti, Alessio
Xu, Chuansheng
Wilson, R.
Welsh, Whitney Elizabeth
Verburgt, Lukas M.
Concepts
Mathematics
Geometry
Algebra
Logic
Calculus
Probability and statistics
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
Early modern
Modern
Medieval
Places
Great Britain
France
England
Prussia (Germany)
Russia
Greece
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