From servant to queen : a journey through Victorian mathematics /
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Cambridge University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
Publication Dates: | 2019. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | 267 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-256) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781107124134 1107124131 |
Index Number: | QA29 |
CLC: | K835.616.11 |
Call Number: | K835.616.11/H269H |
Contents: | Setting the scene -- The legacy of Newton -- The London Mathematical Society -- The pure mathematician as hero -- Mathematicians in an aethereal world -- Apologias for pure mathematicians -- Embracing beauty -- Epilogue. |