James Joseph Sylvester: Life and Work in Letters - Life and Work in Letters

Zusatztext '...this scholary work...the reviewer knows of hardly any other edition containing such valuable and complete information as is provided here on every topic or person mentioned or allueded to in the letters...Most welcome! MATH Zusammenfassung In the folklore of mathematics, James Joseph Sylvester (1814-1897) is the eccentric, hot-tempered, 19th-century mathematician. This volume uses 140 letters from Sylvester's correspondence in order to establish the true picture of Sylvester in both personal and professional spheres.

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• Authors: Karen Hunger Parshall, Karen Hunger (Associate Professor of His Parshall, Karen Hunger (Associate Professor of History and Mathematics Parshall, Parshall Karen Hunger, James Joseph Sylvester, James Joseph Parshall Sylvester, SYLVESTER JAMES JOSEPH PARSHALL
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.08.1998
• EAN: 9780198503910
• ISBN: 978-0-19-850391-0
• No. of pages: 340
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; SCIENCE / History, MEDICAL / History, MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, History of Medicine, History of Science, History of engineering and technology, History of engineering & technology, History of mathematics