Gunpowder and Geometry - The Life of Charles Hutton: Pit Boy, Mathematician Scientific Rebel

Charles Hutton's eighteenth to nineteenth century trajectory from the pits to the Royal Society, becoming a mathematician and rebel scientist, presented in a style and tone comparable to "Guns, Germs & Steel" and "The Man Who Knew Infinity".

About the author

Benjamin Wardhaugh is a Fifty-pound Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. His research focuses on the history of numeracy and mathematics, and the ways mathematics influences and is a part of cultures. His work focuses mainly on topics in early modern Britain, including mathematical music theory in that period. He has taught in both the Mathematical Institute and the History Faculty. He is the author of Gunpowder and Geometry and Encounters with Euclid.

Summary

August, 1755. Newcastle, on the north bank of the Tyne.

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin Wardhaugh
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9780008299989
• ISBN: 978-0-00-829998-9
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Biographies, autobiographies; SCIENCE / History, MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), Mathematics, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Educators, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Science, United Kingdom, Great Britain, British Isles, History of engineering & technology, Biography: science, technology & medicine, Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: science, technology and medicine, Sociology: work and labour, C 1700 To C 1800, Industrialisation and industrial history