Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxxvi, 348 pages)
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17 illustrations, 4 tables
ISBN:
9781805113287
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9781805113294
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9781805113300
Content:
"When Augustus De Morgan died in 1871, he was described as 'one of the profoundest mathematicians in the United Kingdom' and even as 'the greatest of our mathematicians'. But he was far more than just a mathematician. Because much of his voluminous written output on various subjects was scattered throughout journals and encyclopaedias, the breadth of his interests and contributions has been underappreciated by historians. Now, renewed interest in De Morgan's life and work has coincided with the digitization of his extensive library, revealing the extent to which he pioneered and influenced the development of not merely mathematics but also logic, astronomy, the history of mathematics, education, and bibliography. This edited collection celebrates De Morgan as a polymath. Drawing together multiple elements of his activity from a range of publications and archives, its contributors re-assess his academic work, his place in his intellectual environment, and his legacy. The result offers new insight into De Morgan himself as well as the wider circles in which he moved, including his family life."--Publisher's website
Note:
Available through Open Book Publishers
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Includes bibliographies and index
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Introduction: De Morgan: Polymath / Christopher Stray, Karen Attar, Adrian Rice -- 1. De Morgan and Mathematics / Adrian Rice -- 2. De Morgan and Logic / Anna-Sophie Heinemann -- 3. Augustus De Morgan, Astronomy and Almanacs / Daniel Belteki -- 4. De Morgan, Periodicals and Encyclopaedias / Olivier Bruneau -- 5. Augustus De Morgan: Meta-Scientific Rebel / Lukas Verburgt -- 6. De Morgan and Mathematics Education / Christopher Stray -- 7. De Morgan's A Budget of Paradoxes / Adrian Rice -- 8. Augustus De Morgan and the Bloomsbury Milieu / Rosemary Ashton -- 9. De Morgan's Family: Sophia and the Children / Joan L. Richards -- 10. Augustus De Morgan's Library Revisited: Its Context and Its Afterlife / Karen Attar -- 11. Augustus De Morgan: The Archival Record / Jane Maxwell, Karen Attar, Alexander Lock, Katy Makin, Virginia Mills, Diana Smith -- 12. Bibliography of the Works of Augustus De Morgan / William Hale.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781805113263
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781805113270
Language:
English
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