Author: Robert ChambersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Edinburgh (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Traditions of Edinburgh
Author: Robert ChambersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Edinburgh (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
The Development of Newtonian Calculus in Britain, 1700-1800
Author: Niccol- GuicciardiniPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521524841
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
This book examines how calculus developed in Britain during the century following Newton.
Leonhard Euler
Author: Robert E. BradleyPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080471293
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 543
Book Description
The year 2007 marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of one of the Enlightenment's most important mathematicians and scientists, Leonhard Euler. This volume is a collection of 24 essays by some of the world's best Eulerian scholars from seven different countries about Euler, his life and his work. Some of the essays are historical, including much previously unknown information about Euler's life, his activities in the St. Petersburg Academy, the influence of the Russian Princess Dashkova, and Euler's philosophy. Others describe his influence on the subsequent growth of European mathematics and physics in the 19th century. Still others give technical details of Euler's innovations in probability, number theory, geometry, analysis, astronomy, mechanics and other fields of mathematics and science.- Over 20 essays by some of the best historians of mathematics and science, including Ronald Calinger, Peter Hoffmann, Curtis Wilson, Kim Plofker, Victor Katz, Ruediger Thiele, David Richeson, Robin Wilson, Ivor Grattan-Guinness and Karin Reich- New details of Euler's life in two essays, one by Ronald Calinger and one he co-authored with Elena Polyakhova- New information on Euler's work in differential geometry, series, mechanics, and other important topics including his influence in the early 19th century
The Scottish Enlightenment
Author: Arthur HermanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Drawing on the most recent research, but written for the ordinary reader, this book looks at the influence of Scotland and the ideas of the Scottish Enlightenment upon western culture.
Ancient Criminal Trials in Scotland
Author: Robert PitcairnPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Trials
Languages : en
Pages : 764
Book Description
Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton
Author: David BrewsterMechanism of the Heavens
Author: Mary SomervillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
A History of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet
Author: Society of Writers to H.M. Signet (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Newton and Newtonianism
Author: J.E. ForcePublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402022387
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Newton's theology, his study of alchemy, the early reception of Newtonianism, & the history of Newtonian scholarship are topics included in the eleven essays that comprise this volume.
Of the Origin and Progress of Language
Author: Lord James Burnett MonboddoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language and languages
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description