UID:
almafu_9960118977402883
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 271 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-139-87855-7
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Physical sciences
Content:
A student of Trinity College and a member of the Cambridge Apostles, William Kingdon Clifford (1845-79) graduated as second wrangler in the mathematical tripos, became a professor of applied mathematics at University College London in 1871, and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1874. The present work was begun by Clifford during a remarkably productive period of ill health, yet it remained unfinished at his death. The statistician and philosopher of science Karl Pearson (1857-1936) was invited to edit and complete the work, finally publishing it in 1885. It tackles five of the most fundamental areas of mathematics - number, space, quantity, position and motion - explaining each one in the most basic terms, as well as deriving several original results. Also demonstrating the rationale behind these five concepts, the book particularly pleased a later Cambridge mathematician, Bertrand Russell, who read it as a teenager.
Note:
Originally published in London by Kegan Paul, Trench and Co. in 1885.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Jun 2016).
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-07712-9
Language:
English
URL:
Volltext
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139878555
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139878555
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