Oxford''s Sedleian Professors of Natural Philosophy - The First 400 Years

This edited volume traces the varied history of Oxford's Sedleian Professorship of Natural Philosophy through the first four centuries of its existence, combining contributions from historians of medicine, science, mathematics, and universities with personal reminiscences of some of the more recent holders of the post.

List of contents

• Foreword


• 1: Christopher D. Hollings: Four Centuries of Sedleian Professors


• 2: Alastair Compston: Thomas Willis


• 3: Nigel Aston: The Sedleian Professors of Eighteenth Century: a Theological Turn?


• 4: Jim Bennett: Thomas Hornsby


• 5: Christopher D. Hollings: George Leigh Cooke


• 6: Christopher D. Hollings: Bartholomew Price


• 7: June Barrow-Green: Augustus Love


• 8: Peter Cargill: Sydney Chapman


• 9: Mark McCartney: George Temple and Albert Green


• 10: Tom Mullin and John Toland: Brooke Benjamin


• 11: Mark McCartney: An Interview with John Ball

About the author

Christopher D. Hollings is a Lecturer in Mathematics and its History at the University of Oxford.

Mark McCartney is a senior lecturer in mathematics at Ulster University and a former President of the British Society for the History of Mathematics.

Summary

This edited volume traces the varied history of Oxford's Sedleian Professorship of Natural Philosophy through the first four centuries of its existence, combining contributions from historians of medicine, science, mathematics, and universities with personal reminiscences of some of the more recent holders of the post.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Hollings, Christopher (Departmental Lecturer Hollings, Mark McCartney
• Assisted by: Christopher Hollings (Editor), Hollings Christopher (Editor), Mark McCartney (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2024
• EAN: 9780192843210
• ISBN: 978-0-19-284321-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries; European History, SCIENCE / History, MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, History of mathematics