Mr Hopkins' Men Cambridge Reform and British Mathematics in the 19th Century /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Craik, Alex D. D. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Springer London, 2007.
• Θέματα: Mathematics.; History.; Popular works.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; History of Science.; Popular Science, general.

The 19th century was a key period in the development of the mathematical sciences in Britain. Subjects such as rigid-body dynamics, hydrodynamics, elasticity, optics, heat, electricity and magnetism were extended and given firmer foundations; new areas of pure mathematics were explored; and major ad...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Educating the Elite
• Introducing Hopkins and His Wranglers
• The Student Experience, 1820–1860
• Cambridge University in Context
• Teaching at Cambridge
• William Hopkins
• Hopkins' Top Wranglers, 1829–1854
• Careers of the Wranglers
• The “Cambridge Stamp”
• Wranglers at Home: Four Biographies
• Universities and Colleges
• Wranglers Abroad: Churchmen and Educators in the Colonies
• The Growth of a Research Community
• Achievements in the Mathematical Sciences
• Postscript.