Oxford''s Savilian Professors of Geometry The First 400 Years

To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the founding of the geometry chair, a meeting was held at the Bodleian Library in Oxford, and the talks presented at this meeting have formed the basis for this fully edited and lavishly illustrated book, which outlines the first 400 years of Oxford's Savilian Professors of Geometry.

Info autore

Robin Wilson is Emeritus Professor of Pure Mathematics at the Open University, and of Geometry at Gresham College, London, and is a former Fellow of Keble College, Univerity of Oxford, UK. A former President of the British Society for the History of Mathematics, he has written and edited around fifty books on mathematics and its history, including fifteen books for Oxford University Press. Involved with the popularization and communication of these subjects, he has received international awards for his 'outstanding expository writing' and for his outreach activities.

Riassunto

To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the founding of the geometry chair, a meeting was held at the Bodleian Library in Oxford, and the talks presented at this meeting have formed the basis for this fully edited and lavishly illustrated book, which outlines the first 400 years of Oxford's Savilian Professors of Geometry.

Testo aggiuntivo

Oxford's Savilian Professors of Geometry: The First 400 Years assumes no mathematical background, and should therefore appeal to the interested general reader with an interest in mathematics and the sciences. It should also be of interest to anyone interested in the history of mathematics or of the development of Oxford and its namesake university.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Robin (Emeritus Professor of Pure Mathematics Wilson (Editore), Robin Wilson (Editore)
• Autori: Robin (Emeritus Professor of Pure Mathemat Wilson
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 31.12.2021
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Matematica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie
• EAN: 9780198869030
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886903-0
• Numero di pagine: 280
• Categorie: MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy; MATHEMATICS / Geometry / General; geometry; History of mathematics