UID:
almahu_9947415501702882
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 271 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781139878555 (ebook)
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:
Print version: ISBN 9781108077125
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139878555
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139878555
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