Oxford Figures: Eight Centuries of the Mathematical SciencesJohn Fauvel, Raymond Flood, Robin Wilson OUP Oxford, 19 de set. 2013 - 406 pàgines 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. |
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EARLY DAYS | 35 |
THE 17TH CENTURY | 91 |
THE 18TH CENTURY | 165 |
THE VICTORIAN ERA | 221 |
THE MODERN ERA | 303 |
EPILOGUE | 335 |
Oxfords mathematical Chairs | 359 |
Notes on contributors | 361 |
Further reading notes and references | 363 |
Picture sources and acknowledgements | 391 |
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