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- catalog abstract ""This is the story of the intellectual and social life of a community, and of its interactions with the wider world. For 800 years mathematics has been researched and studied at Oxford, and the subject and its teaching have undergone profound changes during that time. This book reveals the richness and influence of Oxford's mathematical tradition and the characters who helped to shape it."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11573856.
- catalog contributor b11573857.
- catalog contributor b11573858.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""This is the story of the intellectual and social life of a community, and of its interactions with the wider world. For 800 years mathematics has been researched and studied at Oxford, and the subject and its teaching have undergone profound changes during that time. This book reveals the richness and influence of Oxford's mathematical tradition and the characters who helped to shape it."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. 800 years of mathematical traditions / John Fauvel 1 -- 2. Medieval Oxford / John North 29 -- 3. Renaissance Oxford / John Fauvel, Robert Goulding 41 -- 4. Mathematical instruments / Willem Hackmann 63 -- 5. The mid-seventeenth century / Allan chapman 77 -- 6. John Wallis / Raymond Flood, John Fauvel 97 -- 7. Edmond Halley / Allan Chapman 117 -- 8. Oxford's Newtonian school / Allan Chapman 137 -- 9. Georgian Oxford / John Fauvel 151 -- 10. Thomas Hornsby and the Radcliffe Observatory / Allan Chapman 169 -- 11. The mid-nineteenth century / Keith Hannabuss 187 -- 12. Henry Smith / Keith Hannabuss 203 -- 13. James Joseph Sylvester / John Fauvel 219 -- 14. The twentieth century / Margaret E. Rayner 241 -- 15. Some personal reminiscences / Sir Michael Atiyah 257.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-288) and index.".
- catalog extent "296 p. :,".
- catalog identifier "0198523092".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "England Oxford".
- catalog subject "510/.71/142574 21".
- catalog subject "Mathematicians England Oxford Intellectual life.".
- catalog subject "Mathematicians England Oxford Social life and customs.".
- catalog subject "Mathematics England Oxford History.".
- catalog subject "Mathematics Study and teaching (Higher) England Oxford History.".
- catalog subject "QA14.G73 O947 2000".
- catalog subject "University of Oxford History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. 800 years of mathematical traditions / John Fauvel 1 -- 2. Medieval Oxford / John North 29 -- 3. Renaissance Oxford / John Fauvel, Robert Goulding 41 -- 4. Mathematical instruments / Willem Hackmann 63 -- 5. The mid-seventeenth century / Allan chapman 77 -- 6. John Wallis / Raymond Flood, John Fauvel 97 -- 7. Edmond Halley / Allan Chapman 117 -- 8. Oxford's Newtonian school / Allan Chapman 137 -- 9. Georgian Oxford / John Fauvel 151 -- 10. Thomas Hornsby and the Radcliffe Observatory / Allan Chapman 169 -- 11. The mid-nineteenth century / Keith Hannabuss 187 -- 12. Henry Smith / Keith Hannabuss 203 -- 13. James Joseph Sylvester / John Fauvel 219 -- 14. The twentieth century / Margaret E. Rayner 241 -- 15. Some personal reminiscences / Sir Michael Atiyah 257.".
- catalog title "Oxford figures : 800 years of the mathematical sciences / edited by John Fauvel, Raymond Flood and Robin Wilson.".
- catalog type "text".