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NMSE - Publishing Ltd John Napier: Logarithm John
Book SynopsisWhen John Napier published his invention of logarithms in 1614 he was announcing one of the greatest advances in the history of mathematics, and log tables were used universally until the mid 1970s. With his Rabdologia, an ingenious calculating tool composed of numbered rods which came to be known as 'Napier's Bones', he enabled people in the marketplace to do multiplication sums without knowing any multiplication tables. Perhaps the most extraordinary thing about this most extrordinary man was that his great inventions were made without the stimulus of talking to other mathematicians in mainstream Europe. Working away in comparative isolation in a tower house in Scotland, Napier produced methods of calculation that literally changed lives all over the world. He is the father of the slide-rule and the grandfather of today's calculators. Despite his achievements, he remains curiously uncelebrated, and this absorbing story of his life aims to give John Napier his true status. This new edition has been redesigned in a new format and has a new cover.Trade ReviewReview of first edition: 'What a wonderful little book; it is beautifully written and has wonderful photographs and illustrations ... Moreover it accomplishes its purpose, to give us a glimpse into the nature and times of John Napier.' History of Mathematics NewsletterTable of ContentsAcknowledgements 1 An Astonishing World 2 A Privileged Beginning 3 A Very Young Student 4 Travel was not for the Faint hearted 5 The Student comes Home 6 A Country Laird or a Sorcerer? 7 Weapons against the Spaniards 8 Logarithms - The Quantum Leap 9 The World's First Pocket Calculator 10 Up amongst the Greats Selected Bibliography
£6.78
Cambridge University Press The Archimedes Palimpsest
Book SynopsisThe Archimedes Palimpsest is the name given to a Byzantine prayer book that was written over a number of earlier manuscripts, including one that contained two unique works by Archimedes, unquestionably the greatest mathematician of antiquity. Sold at auction in 1998, it has since been the subject of a privately funded project to conserve, image, and transcribe its texts. Images and transcriptions of three of these manuscripts are provided here. The first contains seven treatises by Archimedes, including two unique texts, Method and Stomachion, as well as the only extant Greek version of Floating Bodies. Previously unknown speeches by Hyperides and a second- or third-century commentary on Aristotle''s Categories follow. The product of ten years of conservation, imaging, and scholarship, this book will be of interest to manuscript scholars, classicists, and historians of science.Trade Review'The imminent massive publication of a complete facsimile and transcription will be a huge gift to the study of ancient mathematics.' Alexander Jones, Wall Street Journal'There is enormous expectation in the scholarly community about the arrival of the first copies of a new book from Cambridge University Press, which contains full color images of the palimpsest, a technical account of how the images were made and complete transcriptions of the texts. It's too early to say whether this will revolutionize our understanding of Greek mathematics, but it will contain new texts thought to have been lost forever by the Greek orator Hyperides and the most complete versions of several works by Archimedes, including two books which exist only in this manuscript. This is the iceberg in full view, a massive tome that took more than a decade to produce, recovering - perhaps as fully as can ever be hoped - texts that miraculously escaped the oblivion of decay and destruction.' The Washington PostTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Archimedes: treatises; 2. Hyperides: speeches; 3. Commentary on Aristotle's Categories; Appendix.
£110.20
Cambridge University Press Hardy Spaces
Book SynopsisThe theory of Hardy spaces is a cornerstone of modern analysis. It combines techniques from functional analysis, the theory of analytic functions and Lesbesgue integration to create a powerful tool for many applications, pure and applied, from signal processing and Fourier analysis to maximum modulus principles and the Riemann zeta function. This book, aimed at beginning graduate students, introduces and develops the classical results on Hardy spaces and applies them to fundamental concrete problems in analysis. The results are illustrated with numerous solved exercises that also introduce subsidiary topics and recent developments. The reader''s understanding of the current state of the field, as well as its history, are further aided by engaging accounts of important contributors and by the surveys of recent advances (with commented reference lists) that end each chapter. Such broad coverage makes this book the ideal source on Hardy spaces.Trade Review'This is a beautiful introduction to a beautiful subject. The author does a masterful job of choosing topics that give a solid introduction to Hardy spaces without overwhelming the reader with too much too soon. Every student of mathematics should enjoy this book.' John McCarthy, Washington University, St Louis'This is an excellent, highly-recommendable book by a leading expert in the field. Describing in a self-contained way the classical approach to Hardy spaces and their applications - with emphasis on the invariant subspace point of view - it also offers an entertaining journey into the history of twentieth-century analysis.' Joaquim Bruna, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona'The author has created a very interesting text that will serve as a source of basic material and an introduction for those interested in the interactions between harmonic analysis, complex analysis, and operator theory. Any researcher who masters the material in this text is well placed to read the more intensive monographs that further develop the interactions of these subjects.' Brett Wick, Washington University, St Louis'From the high stand due to a lifelong affinity for the subject, Nikolaï Nikolski delineates and recounts the fascinating history of Hardy space with style. His inviting text is sparkled with biographical snapshots, colorful anecdotes, and insightful remarks, conveying a vivid picture of the field. The mathematical discourse is light, yet rigorous and self-contained. Carefully selected problems offer the earnest reader perspectives into current research. The apogee chapter is devoted to the immersion of the daunting Riemann hypothesis into Hardy space framework … Nikolski's text is a truly masterful piece of scholarship.' Mihai Putinar, University of California, Santa Barbara'This is a comfortably paced introduction to the theory of Hardy spaces, starting at a level of advanced graduate students in analysis … Historical context and biographical details of the main researchers of the field is discussed more deeply than in comparable books.' M. Bona, Choice'To help the reader through this material, Nikolski is both an experienced educator and writer and knows how to present the material, efficiently … so the student can learn as well as appreciate the subject. Nikolski also gives us plenty of historical vignettes of the main figures in the development of Hardy spaces and, especially for the student, gives several appendices for those needing some gentle reminders of measure theory, complex analysis, Hilbert spaces, Banach spaces, and operator theory.' William T. Ross, Bulletin of the American Mathematical SocietyTable of ContentsThe origins of the subject; 1. The space H^2(T). An archetypal invariant subspace; 2. The H^p(D) classes. Canonical factorization and first applications; 3. The Smirnov class D and the maximum principle; 4. An introduction to weighted Fourier analysis; 5. Harmonic analysis and stationary filtering; 6. The Riemann hypothesis, dilations, and H^2 in the Hilbert multi-disk; Appendix A. Key notions of integration; Appendix B. Key notions of complex analysis; Appendix C. Key notions of Hilbert spaces; Appendix D. Key notions of Banach spaces; Appendix E. Key notions of linear operators; References; Notation; Index.
£55.09
Cambridge University Press Bounded Gaps Between Primes
Book SynopsisSearching for small gaps between consecutive primes is one way to approach the twin primes conjecture, one of the most celebrated unsolved problems in number theory. This book documents the remarkable developments of recent decades, whereby an upper bound on the known gap length between infinite numbers of consecutive primes has been reduced to a tractable finite size. The text is both introductory and complete: the detailed way in which results are proved is fully set out and plenty of background material is included. The reader journeys from selected historical theorems to the latest best result, exploring the contributions of a vast array of mathematicians, including Bombieri, Goldston, Motohashi, Pintz, Yildirim, Zhang, Maynard, Tao and Polymath8. The book is supported by a linked and freely-available package of computer programs. The material is suitable for graduate students and of interest to any mathematician curious about recent breakthroughs in the field.Trade Review'The author has gathered almost 100 year's worth of progress on this family of problems into one volume, and this alone will be very helpful to anyone pursuing research in the field. Recommended.' M. Bona, Choice'a wonderful tale of how two lesser-known mathematicians worked extremely hard to solve an intriguing, long-standing open problem that so many leading experts could not.' Sam Chow, London Mathematical SocietyTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The sieves of Brun and Selberg; 3. Early work; 4. The breakthrough of Goldston, Motohashi, Pintz, and Yildirim; 5. The astounding result of Yitang Zhang; 6. Maynard's radical simplification; 7. Polymath's refinements of Maynard's results; 8. Variations on Bombieri–Vinogradov; 9. Further work and the epilogue; Appendix A. Bessel functions of the first kind; Appendix B. A type of compact symmetric operator; Appendix C. Solving an optimization problem; Appendix D. A Brun–Titchmarsh inequality; Appendix E. The Weil exponential sum bound; Appendix F. Complex function theory; Appendix G. The dispersion method of Linnik; Appendix H. One thousand admissible tuples; Appendix I. PGpack mini-manual; References; Index.
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WW Norton & Co The Man from the Future The Visionary Life of
Book SynopsisAn electrifying biography of one of the most extraordinary scientists of the twentieth century and the world he made. Trade Review"[Bhattacharya's] crystal-clear prose…mak[es] for a tour de force of enjoyable science writing….[A] marvelously bracing biography of the ideas of John von Neumann, ideas that continue to grow and flourish with a life of their own." -- Stephen Budiansky - Wall Street Journal"Vivid…[The Man From the Future is] devoted to exploring the ideas and technological inquiries [von Neumann] inspired." -- Jennifer Szalai - New York Times"Lucid and rewarding….Bhattacharya composes a rich intellectual map of von Neumann’s pursuits, shading in their histories and evolutions, and tracing the routes and connections between them." -- Samanth Subramanian - The New Republic"Examines the tremendous impact von Neumann had on various scientific disciplines in eight exceptional chapters." -- Dov Greenbaum and Mark Gerstein - Science"Rather like the books of Stephen Hawking or Carlo Rovelli…this one is rewarding on different levels. Everyone can grasp the significance of the puzzles posed, and if readers want to follow the genius through the steps of his solutions then Bhattacharya is a clear and authoritative guide." -- The Economist"Offers us a striking portrait of a man who contributed as much to the technological transformation of the world as any other scientist of the 20th century…[A]lways engaging and generally illuminating." -- David Nirenberg - The Nation"Non-Euclidean geometry, set theory, the prisoner’s dilemma, Gödel’s incompleteness theorems, self-replicating machines, game theory and nonlocality are among the astonishing range of topics that science journalist Ananyo Bhattacharya covers as he takes us on a whistle-stop tour through Von Neumann’s restless mind…[A] splendid new biography." -- Manjit Kumar - Guardian"Bhattacharya both begins and concludes this impressive biography of John von Neumann by celebrating his contribution to the 'march of ideas.'" -- Francis P. Sempa - New York Journal of Books"Bhattacharya tells the story tremendously well, situating von Neumann’s work—in fields from quantum mechanics to game theory to cellular automata—as comfortably as I’ve ever seen it done. He’s also good at deadpan humor." -- David Bodanis - Financial Times"Bhattacharya is a first-class science writer with an impeccable pedigree and he does the best job I have seen of explaining the significance of von Neumann's work across many different fields… A fine tribute to von Neumann's genius and his contributions to science." -- John Gribbin - Literary Review"[An] agile, intelligent, intellectually enraptured account of Von Neumann’s life." -- Simon Ings - Sunday Telegraph"Any future intelligence capable of sending a representative back in time to help invent itself will be intelligent enough to conceal this from us. Ananyo Bhattacharya’s The Man from the Future is therefore unable to confirm this suggestion, but much else about John von Neumann’s presence in the twentieth century is revealed along the way." -- George Dyson, author of Turing's Cathedral"Despite his central contributions to the theory of computation, economics, logic, complexity, and quantum physics, somehow John von Neumann never became a household name to rival Einstein and Feynman. Ananyo Bhattacharya’s biography deserves to change that. Consistently clear and careful without sacrificing elegance or accessibility, it does full justice to this legendary figure of twentieth-century science." -- Philip Ball, author of Beyond Weird"An engaging and fascinating book that blends science and history. I loved it." -- Paul Davies, author of The Demon in the Machine"This is a sparkling book, with an intoxicating mix of pen-portraits and grand historical narrative. Above all, it fizzes with a dizzying mix of deliciously vital ideas. The Man from the Future is a staggering achievement." -- Tim Harford, author of How to Make the World Add Up"More than just a biography, The Man from the Future elucidates the breath-taking scientific progress in the mid-20th century, skillfully woven together in the story of one man, John von Neumann." -- Sabine Hossenfelder, author of Lost in Math"A gripping tale of the most significant mathematical, scientific and geopolitical events of the early 20th century. Bhattacharya’s storytelling seamlessly weaves together the science, the vibrant social and historical context, and the private idiosyncrasies of John von Neumann and the fascinating geniuses around him, without mythologizing." -- Andrew Steele, author of Ageless"Sharp, expansive….A salient portrait of one of the most electrifying and productive scientists of the past century." -- Kirkus Reviews
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De Gruyter Vagueness in the Exact Sciences: Impacts in
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Oxford University Press The Molecular Vision of Life
Book SynopsisMolecular biology as a distinct scientific discipline had its origins in chemistry and physical biochemistry, gradually emerging in the period between 1930 and the elucidation of DNA in the mid 1950s. Today this field has risen to a dominant position, and with its focus on deciphering genetic structure, it has endowed scientists with unprecedented power over life. In this fascinating study, however, Lily Kay argues that molecular biology did not evolve in a random fashion but, rather, was the result of systematic efforts by key scientists and their supporting foundations to direct the development of biological research toward a preconceived vision of science and society. The author traces and analyses the conceptual roots of molecular biology and the social matrix in which it was developed, focusing on the role of leading researchers headquartered at Caltech, and on the Rockefeller Foundation''s sponsorship of the new science. The study thus explores a number of vital, sometimes controTrade Reviewthe book has the great merit to give insight in the expectation of young American scientists and in what troubles their minds! * Cellular and Molecular Biology, vol.43, no.5, July 1997 *Table of Contents1. "Social Control:" the Rockefeller Foundation's Agenda in the Human Sciences, 1913-1933 ; 2. The Technological Frontier: Southern California and the Emergence of Life Science at Caltech ; 3. Visions and Realitites: The Biology Division in the Morgan Era ; Interlude 1 - The Protein Paradigm ; 4. From Flies to Molecules: Physiological Genetics in the Morgan Era ; 5. A Convergence of Goals: From Physical Chemistry to Bio-Organic Chemistry ; 6. The Spoils of War: Immunochemistry and Serological Genetics, 1940-1945 ; 7. Microorganisms and Macromanagement: Beadle's Return to Caltech ; 8. The Molecular Empire
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Oxford University Press Mathematics and the Roots of Postmodern Thought
Book SynopsisThis is a charming and insightful contribution to an understanding of the Science Wars between postmodernist humanism and science, driving toward a resolution of the mutual misunderstanding that has driven the controversy. It traces the root of postmodern theory to a debate on the foundations of mathematics, early in the 20th century then compares developments in mathematics to what took place in the arts and humanities, discussing issues as diverse as literary theory, arts, and artificial intelligence. This is a straight forward, easily understood presentation of what can be difficult theoretical concepts and demonstrates that a pattern of misreading mathematics can be seen on both the part of science and on the part of postmodern thinking. This is a humorous, playful yet deeply serious look at the intellectual foundations of mathematics for those in the humanities and is the perfect critical introduction to the bases of modernism and postmodernism for those in the sciences.Trade ReviewThe book makes pleasant and interesting reading. * Mathematical Reviews *Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Around the Cartesian Circuit 2.1: Imagination 2.2: Intuition 2.3: Counting to One 3: Space Oddity and Linguistic Turn 4: Wound of Language 4.1: Being and Time Continuum 4.2: Language and Will 5: Beyond the Code 5.1: Medium of Free Becoming 5.2: Nonpresence of Identity 6: The Expired Subject 6.1: Empire of Signs 6.2: Mechanical Bride 7: The Vanishing Author 8: Say Hello to the Structure Bubble 8.1: Algebra of Language 8.2: Functionalism Chic 9: Don't Think, Look 9.1: Interpolating the Self 9.2: Language Games 9.3: Thermostats "R" Us 10: Postmodern Enigmas 10.1: Unspeakable Diffd'erance 10.2: Dysfunctionalism Chic Notes Select Bibliography Index
£24.69
Oxford University Press The History of Mathematical Tables
Book SynopsisThe oldest known mathematical table was found in the ancient Sumerian city of Shuruppag in southern Iraq. Since then, tables have been an important feature of mathematical activity; table making and printed tabular matter are important precursors to modern computing and information processing. This book contains a series of articles summarising the technical, institutional and intellectual history of mathematical tables from earliest times until the late twentieth century. It covers mathematical tables (the most important computing aid for several hundred years until the 1960s), data tables (eg. Census tables), professional tables (eg. insurance tables), and spreadsheets - the most recent tabular innovation.The book is presented in a scholarly yet accessible way, making appropriate use of text boxes and illustrations. Each chapter has a frontispiece featuring a table along with a small illustration of the source where the table was first displayed. Most chapters have sidebars telling aTrade ReviewThe book itself is the fruit of a very good idea of the British Society for the History of Mathematics, which was to have a conference and then a book on the theme of mathematical tables, and the editors are to be congratulated on a handsome volume on the social history of mathematics. * Notes and Records of The Royal Society *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; Table and tabular formatting in Sumer, Babylonia and Assyria, 2500 BCE - 50 CE ; The making of logarithm tables ; The computation factory: de Prony's project for making tables in the 1790's ; Difference engines: from Muller to Comrie ; The 'unerring certainty of mechanical agency': machines and table making in the nineteenth century ; Table making in astronomy ; The General Registry Office and the tabulation of data, 1837 - 1939 ; Table making by committee; British table maker 1871 - 1965 ; Table making for the relief of labour ; The making of astronomical tables in H.M. Nautical Almanac Office ; The rise and rise of the spreadsheet ; Biographical Notes
£140.00
Oxford University Press, USA The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art Companion and Commentary
Book SynopsisThis text contains a translation of the "Nine Chapters". The "Nine Chapters" contains math problems and solutions, which fall into nine categories based on practical needs. There are methods for solving problems in areas such as land measurement, construction, agriculture, commerce, and taxation.Trade Reviewa rich compilation of attractive problems telling wonderful fairy tales full of imaginative and delightful connections * Zentralbaltt Mathematik *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; Liu Hui's Preface to his Running Commentary on the Nine Chapters ; 1. Field measurement ; 2. Millet and rice ; 3. Distribution by proportion ; 4. Short width ; 5. Construction consultations ; 6. Fair levies ; 7. Excess and deficit ; 8. Rectangular arrays ; 9. Right-angled triangles ; Appendix ; References ; Index
£455.00
Oxford University Press Brief History of Numbers
Book SynopsisThis is the story behind the idea of number, from the Pythagoreans, up until the turn of the 20th century, through Greek, Islamic & European mathematics.Trade ReviewCorry has compiled a readable account of the history of mathematics focusing on numbers, although for most of the period in question, arithmetic and geometry are not easily separable. The required level of sophistication of the reader is not great, it is certainly at the level of a first-year undergraduate, or a keen sixth-former who is studying mathematics. Even as an experienced university mathematician, the reviewer learnt many interesting things, and has some misconceptions remedied, on reading Corry's Brief History. * Robin Chapman, LMS Newsletter *This fine book gives what its title promises ... a well-written treatment of the subject. * Underwood Dudley, MAA Reviews *It is a highly recommended and pleasant read, not pedantic, but not casual either ... The book is written with great care ... * Adhemar Bultheel, European Mathematical Society *A Brief History of Numbers is a meticulously researched and carefully crafted look at how mathematicians have explored the concept of number. Corry's prose is clear and engaging, and the mathematical content is uniformly accessible to his audience. ... I highly recommend A Brief History of Numbers to mathematics teachers who wish to know more about how our current edifice of natural, rational, real, complex, and infinite numbers came to be built. * James V. Rauff, Mathematics Teacher *Table of Contents1. The System of Numbers: An Overview ; 2. Writing Numbers: Now and Back Then ; 3. Numbers and Magnitudes in the Greek Mathematical Tradition ; 4. Construction Problems and Numerical Problems in the Greek Mathematical Tradition ; 5. Numbers in the Tradition of Medieval Islam ; 6. Numbers in Europe from the 12th to the 16th Centuries ; 7. Number and Equations at the Beginning of the Scientific Revolution ; 8. Number and Equations in theWorks of Descartes, Newton, and their Contemporaries ; 9. New Definitions of Complex Numbers in the Early 19th Century ; 10. "What are numbers and what should they be?" Understanding Numbers in the Late 19th Century ; 11. Exact Definitions for the Natural Numbers: Dedekind, Peano and Frege ; 12. Numbers, Sets and Infinity. A Conceptual Breakthrough at the Turn of the Twentieth Century ; 13. Epilogue: Numbers in Historical Perspective
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OUP Oxford The Oxford Handbook of the History of Mathematics
Book SynopsisThis Handbook explores the history of mathematics under a series of themes which raise new questions about what mathematics has been and what it has meant to practise it. It addresses questions of who creates mathematics, who uses it, and how. A broader understanding of mathematical practitioners naturally leads to a new appreciation of what counts as a historical source. Material and oral evidence is drawn upon as well as an unusual array of textual sources. Further, the ways in which people have chosen to express themselves are as historically meaningful as the contents of the mathematics they have produced. Mathematics is not a fixed and unchanging entity. New questions, contexts, and applications all influence what counts as productive ways of thinking. Because the history of mathematics should interact constructively with other ways of studying the past, the contributors to this book come from a diverse range of intellectual backgrounds in anthropology, archaeology, art history, pTrade ReviewReview from previous edition "wonderful food for thought for any practitioner" * Times Higher Education Supplement *"a splendid, something-for-everybody treasure-trove of interesting, informative, challenging, well written testaments to the variety and vigor of history of mathematics in our time" * Historia Mathematica *"Well written, well edited and well rounded... a healthy contribution to a burgeoning field of newly self-aware research." * British Journal for the History of Science *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION; GEOGRAPHIES AND CULTURES: GLOBAL; GEOGRAPHIES AND CULTURES: REGIONAL; GEOGRAPHIES AND CULTURES: LOCAL; PEOPLE AND PRACTICES: LIVES; PEOPLE AND PRACTICES: PRACTICES; PEOPLE AND PRACTICES: PRESENTATION; INTERACTIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS: INTELLECTUAL; INTERACTIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS: MATHEMATICAL; INTERACTIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS: HISTORICAL; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
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Oxford University Press Seduced by Logic
Book SynopsisThis is the fascinating story of two women who lives were guided by a passion for mathematics and an insatiable curiosity to know and understand the world around them -- the beautiful, outrageous Émilie du Châtelet and the charmingly subversive Mary Somerville. Against great odds, Émilie and Mary taught themselves mathematics, and did it so well that they each became a world authority on Newtonian mathematical physics.Seduced by Logic begins with Émilie du Châtelet, an 18th-century French aristocrat, intellectual, and Voltaire''s lover, whose true ambition was to be a mathematician. She strove not only to further Newton''s ideas in France, but to prove that they had French connections, including to the work of Descartes, whom Newton had read. She translated the great Principia Mathematica into French, in what became the accepted French version of Newton''s work, and was instrumental in bringing Newton''s revolutionary opus to a Continental audience. A century later, in Scotland, Mary STrade Review...timely reminder of how little things have changed since the 19th century and how much women of science can accomplish. * Wall Street Journal *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1 Madame Newton du Chatelet ; 2 Creating the theory of gravity: the Newtonian controversy ; 3 Learning mathematics and fighting for freedom ; 4 Emilie and Voltaire's Academy of Free Thought ; 5 Testing Newton: the'New Argonauts' ; 6 The danger in Newton: life, love and politics ; 7 The nature of light: Emilie takes on Newton ; 8 Searching for 'energy': Emilie discovers Leibniz ; 9 Mathematics and free will ; 10 The re-emergence of Madame Newton du Chatelet ; 11 Love letters to Saint-Lambert ; 12 Mourning Emilie ; 13 Mary Fairfax Somerville ; 14 The long road to fame ; 15 Mechanism of the Heavens ; 16 Mary's second book: popular science in the nineteenth century ; 17 Finding light waves: the 'Newtonian Revolution' comes of age ; 18 Mary Somerville: a fortunate life ; Epilogue: Declaring a point of view
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Palgrave MacMillan UK Femininity Mathematics and Science 18801914
Book SynopsisThrough the prism of gender, this text explores the contrasting cultures and practice of mathematics and science and asks how they impacted on women. Claire Jones assesses nineteenth-century ideas about women's intellect, femininity and masculinity, and assesses how these attitudes shaped women's experiences as students and practitioners.Trade ReviewWinner of the Women's History Network Book Prize 2010 'This excellent, thought-provoking study will deepen the understanding of all interested in gender issues and in the conflicts in science and mathematics in this period.' - Reviews in HistoryTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction The 'glamour' of a 'wrangler': Women and Mathematics at Girton College, Cambridge Women at the 'Shrine of Pure Thought' Professional or Pedestal?: Hertha Ayrton, a Woman among the Engineers Collaboration, Reputation and the Business of Mathematics The Laboratory: A Suitable Place for a Woman?: Women, Masculinity and Laboratory Culture The Mathematics of Gender: Women, Participation and the Mathematical Community Bodies of Controversy: Women and the Royal Society of London Conclusion Notes Bibliography
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