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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1916065104
Author : Christopher Hollings,Mark McCartney,Senior Lecturer in Mathematics Mark McCartney
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192843210
Established in the early seventeenth century following a bequest to the university by Sir William Sedley, Oxford's Sedleian Professorship of Natural Philosophy is one of the university's oldest professorships. In common with other such positions established around this time, such as the Savilian Professorships of Geometry and Astronomy, for example, its purpose was to provide centrally organised lectures on a specific subject. While the Professorship is now a high-profile research post in applied mathematics, it has previously been held by physicians, an astronomer, and several people in the eighteenth century whose credentials in natural philosophy are much less clear. This edited volume traces the varied history of the chair through the first four centuries of its existence, combining specialised contributions from historians of medicine, of science, of mathematics, and of universities, together with personal reminiscences of some of the more recent holders of the post.
Author : Robin Wilson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-10
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780192639936
The Savilian Professorships in Geometry and Astronomy at Oxford University were founded in 1619 by Sir Henry Savile, distinguished scholar and Warden of Merton College. The Geometry chair, in particular, is the earliest University-based mathematics professorship in England, predating the first Cambridge equivalent by about sixty years. To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the founding of the geometry chair, a meeting was held at the Bodleian Library in Oxford, and the talks presented at this meeting have formed the basis for this fully edited and lavishly illustrated book, which outlines the first 400 years of Oxford's Savilian Professors of Geometry. Starting with Henry Briggs, the co-inventor of logarithms, this volume proceeds via such figures as John Wallis, a founder member of the Royal Society, and Edmond Halley, via the 19th-century figures of Stephen Rigaud, Baden Powell, Henry Smith, and James Joseph Sylvester, to the 20th century and the present day. Oxford's Savilian Professors of Geometry: The First 400 Years assumes no mathematical background, and should therefore appeal to the interested general reader with an interest in mathematics and the sciences. It should also be of interest to anyone interested in the history of mathematics or of the development of Oxford and its namesake university. To all of these audiences it offers portraits of mathematicians at work and an accessible exposition of historical mathematics in the context of its times.
Author : University of Oxford
Publisher : Oxford [Eng.] : Clarendon Press
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433082260633
Author : University of Oxford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119778475
Author : John Fauvel,Raymond Flood,Robin Wilson
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-19
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780191504204
This is the story of the intellectual and social life of a community, and of its interactions with the wider world. For eight centuries mathematics has been researched and studied at Oxford, and the subject and its teaching have undergone profound changes during that time. This highly readable and beautifully illustrated book reveals the richness and influence of Oxford's mathematical tradition and the fascinating characters that helped to shape it. The story begins with the founding of the University of Oxford and the establishing of the medieval curriculum, in which mathematics had an important role. The Black Death, the advent of printing, the Civil War, and the Newtonian revolution all had a great influence on the development of mathematics at Oxford. So too did many well-known figures: Roger Bacon, Henry Savile, Robert Hooke, Christopher Wren, Edmond Halley, Florence Nightingale, Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), and G. H. Hardy, to name but a few. Later chapters bring us to the 20th century, with some entertaining reminiscences by Sir Michael Atiyah of the thirty years he spent as an Oxford mathematician. In this second edition the story is brought right up to the opening of the new Mathematical Institute in 2013 with a foreword from Marcus du Sautoy and recent developments from Peter M. Neumann.
Author : University of Oxford
Publisher : Oxford : [s.n.]
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1863
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590744234
Author : University of Oxford. Graduates
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1863
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0018544648
Author : John Lankford
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 9780815303220
First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Jason M. Rampelt
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004409149
An intellectual biography of John Wallis (1616-1703), professor of mathematics at Oxford. Despite war, church upheaval, and a revolution in science, Wallis advanced mathematics and natural philosophy within the university, bridging old and new.
Author : University of Oxford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1863
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCLA:L0060280476
Author : New College (University of Oxford)
Publisher : Phillimore
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015049874814
Author : Maciej Dunajski
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-27
Category : Geometry
ISBN : 9780199683680
The study of geometry is at least 2500 years old, and it is within this field that the concept of mathematical proof - deductive reasoning from a set of axioms - first arose. To this day geometry remains a very active area of research in mathematics.This Very Short Introduction covers the areas of mathematics falling under geometry, starting with topics such as Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries, and ranging to curved spaces, projective geometry in Renaissance art, and geometry of space-time inside a black hole. Starting from the basics,Maciej Dunajski proceeds from concrete examples (of mathematical objects like Platonic solids, or theorems like the Pythagorean theorem) to general principles. Throughout, he outlines the role geometry plays in the broader context of science and art.Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, andenthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author : Raymond Flood,Adrian Rice,Robin Wilson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-29
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780199601394
With a foreword by Adam Hart-Davis, this book constitutes perhaps the first general survey of the mathematics of the Victorian period. It charts the institutional development of mathematics as a profession, as well as exploring the numerous innovations made during this time, many of which are still familiar today.
Author : Thomas Tate (Mathematical Master, Training College, Battersea.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000682790
