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A Syllabus of the Cambridge University Examinations, 1871-1872
A Syllabus of the Cambridge University Examinations 1872-73, with a list of books suitable to the course of study, on sale by Rivington and Co., etc
Author: Public Examinations in England 1850-1900
Author: John RoachPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521079310
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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A detailed historical account of the origins of the modern examination system in England from 1850 to 1900. At the beginning of the nineteenth century public examinations were almost unknown, yet by its end they were established as the most generally acceptable method of assessment and selection; with many they had become almost an article of the Victorian faith, though their objectivity and efficacy were already becoming matters of public controversy. The Oxford and Cambridge honours examinations provided a major source for Victorian ideas of open competition and public examinations. It was seen that this model could be applied to a whole range of educational and administrative purposes. The crucial developments came between 1850 and 1870: major landmarks were the Northcote-Trevelyan Report of 1853 on the Civil Service, the foundation of the Oxford and Cambridge Local Examinations of 1857 and 1858, and Gladstone's introduction in 1870 of open competition into the Home Civil Service.
Subject Index to the Catalogue of the Library of the Institution of Civil Engineers [published 1895] ...
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Author: Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain). LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 476
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The Medical Times and Gazette
Author: The Lancet London
Author: General Index to the Journals of the House of Lords
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of LordsPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 532
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Masters of Theory
Author: Andrew WarwickPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226873765
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 587
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Winner of the the Susan Elizabeth Abrams Prize in History of Science. When Isaac Newton published the Principia three centuries ago, only a few scholars were capable of understanding his conceptually demanding work. Yet this esoteric knowledge quickly became accessible in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries when Britain produced many leading mathematical physicists. In this book, Andrew Warwick shows how the education of these "masters of theory" led them to transform our understanding of everything from the flight of a boomerang to the structure of the universe. Warwick focuses on Cambridge University, where many of the best physicists trained. He begins by tracing the dramatic changes in undergraduate education there since the eighteenth century, especially the gradual emergence of the private tutor as the most important teacher of mathematics. Next he explores the material culture of mathematics instruction, showing how the humble pen and paper so crucial to this study transformed everything from classroom teaching to final examinations. Balancing their intense intellectual work with strenuous physical exercise, the students themselves—known as the "Wranglers"—helped foster the competitive spirit that drove them in the classroom and informed the Victorian ideal of a manly student. Finally, by investigating several historical "cases," such as the reception of Albert Einstein's special and general theories of relativity, Warwick shows how the production, transmission, and reception of new knowledge was profoundly shaped by the skills taught to Cambridge undergraduates. Drawing on a wealth of new archival evidence and illustrations, Masters of Theory examines the origins of a cultural tradition within which the complex world of theoretical physics was made commonplace.
Journals of the House of Lords
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of LordsPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 534
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