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James Joseph Sylvester
Karen Hunger Parshall
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Description for James Joseph Sylvester
She highlights the human side of what many view as that most arcane and otherworldly of intellectual endeavors, mathematics, which indeed answers to such diverse factors as religion, ego, and depression. Num Pages: 544 pages, 13, 8 black & white halftones, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 36. Weight in Grams: 830.
Here, in this first biographical study of James Joseph Sylvester, Karen Hunger Parshall makes a signal contribution to the history of mathematics, Victorian history, and the history of science. A brilliant Cambridge student at first denied a degree because of his faith, Sylvester came twice to America to teach mathematics, ultimately becoming one of Daniel Coit Gilman's faculty recruits at Johns Hopkins in 1876 and winning the coveted Savilian Professorship of Geometry at Oxford in 1883. He held professorships of natural philosophy, worked as an actuary, was called to the bar, and taught mathematics to cadets training for engineering ... Read more
Here, in this first biographical study of James Joseph Sylvester, Karen Hunger Parshall makes a signal contribution to the history of mathematics, Victorian history, and the history of science. A brilliant Cambridge student at first denied a degree because of his faith, Sylvester came twice to America to teach mathematics, ultimately becoming one of Daniel Coit Gilman's faculty recruits at Johns Hopkins in 1876 and winning the coveted Savilian Professorship of Geometry at Oxford in 1883. He held professorships of natural philosophy, worked as an actuary, was called to the bar, and taught mathematics to cadets training for engineering ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801882913
SKU
V9780801882913
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About Karen Hunger Parshall
Karen Hunger Parshall is a professor of history and mathematics at the University of Virginia.
Reviews for James Joseph Sylvester
A masterful biography. American Scientist 2006 An important and impressively documented contribution to the history of nineteenth-century mathematics.
Craig G. Fraser Mathematical Reviews 2006 A thoroughly enjoyable read.
J. W. Anderson The London Mathematical Society Newsletter 2006 This is an exceptional example of scholarly research.
Gail Kaplan Convergence 2007 Parshall has already established herself as a leading ... Read more
Craig G. Fraser Mathematical Reviews 2006 A thoroughly enjoyable read.
J. W. Anderson The London Mathematical Society Newsletter 2006 This is an exceptional example of scholarly research.
Gail Kaplan Convergence 2007 Parshall has already established herself as a leading ... Read more