Oxford's Savilian Professors of Geometry the first 400 years

Oxford's Savilian Professors of Geometry : the first 400 years / edited by Robin Wilson.

Other author/creator	Oxford University Press.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Description	vi, 269 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online Mathematics
Subject(s)	University of Oxford--Officials and employees. Mathematicians--England --Oxford. College teachers--England --Oxford. Mathematics--England --Oxford --History. Geometry--England --Oxford --History. Mathématiciens--Angleterre --Oxford. Mathématiques--Angleterre --Oxford --Histoire. Géométrie--Angleterre --Oxford --Histoire.

Contents	Machine generated contents note: 1. Sir Henry Savile and the early professors / William Poole -- 2. John Wallis / Benjamin Wardhaugh -- 3. A century of astronomers: from Halley to Rigaud / Christopher Hollings -- 4. Baden Powell and Henry Smith / Keith Hannabuss -- 5. James Joseph Sylvester / Karen Hunger Parshall -- 6. G. H. Hardy and E. C. Titchmarsh / Robin Wilson -- 7. From Michael Atiyah to the 21st century / Frances Kirwan -- 8. Interview with Nigel Hitchin / Mark Mccartney.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2021951696
ISBN	9780198869030 hardcover
ISBN	0198869037 hardcover

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