From Newton to Hawking
From Newton to Hawking

Author: Kevin C. Knox

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003-11-06

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13: 9780521663106

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Cambridge University's Lucasian Professorship of Mathematics is one of the world's most celebrated academic positions. Since its foundation in 1663, the chair has been held by seventeen men who represent some of the most influential minds in science and technology. Principally a social history of mathematics and physics, the story of these great natural philosophers and mathematical physicists is told here by some of the finest historians of science. This informative work offers new perspectives on world famous scientists including Isaac Newton, Charles Babbage, Paul Dirac, and Stephen Hawking.

Practical Matter
Practical Matter

Author: Margaret C. Jacob

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 9780674014978

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From 1687, the year when Newton published his Principia, to the Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851, science gradually became central to Western thought and economic development. The book examines how, despite powerful opposition on the Continent, a Newtonian understanding gained acceptance and practical application.

Catalogue
Catalogue

Author: London sir John Soane's mus, libr

Publisher:

Published: 1878

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13:

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