From servant to queen : a journey through Victorian mathematics /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Heard, John John Michael
Published: Cambridge University Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Publication Dates: 2019.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
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.