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OverviewThis book contains all the letters that are known to survive from the correspondence of Charles Hutton (1737-1823). Hutton was one of the most prominent British mathematicians of his generation; he played roles at the Royal Society, the Royal Military Academy, the Board of Longitude, the 'philomath' network and elsewhere. He worked on the explosive force of gunpowder and the mean density of the earth, wining the Royal Society's Copley medal in 1778; he was also at the focus of a celebrated row at the Royal Society in 1784 over the place of mathematics there. He is of particular historical interest because of the variety of roles he played in British mathematics, the dexterity with which he navigated, exploited and shaped personal and professional networks in mathematics and science, and the length and visibility of his career. Hutton corresponded nationally and internationally, and his correspondence illustrates the overlapping, the intersection and interaction of the different networks in which Hutton moved. It therefore provides new information about how Georgian mathematics was structured socially, and how mathematical careers worked in that period. It provides a rare and valuable view of a mathematical culture that would substantially cease to exist when British mathematics embraced continental methods from the early ninetheenth century onwards.Over 130 letters survive, from 1770 to 1822, but they are widely scattered (in nearly thirty different archives) and have not been catalogued or edited before. This edition situates the correspondence with an introduction and explanatory notes. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dr. Benjamin Wardhaugh (All Souls College, University of Oxford)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.40cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.80cm Weight: 0.001kg ISBN: 9780198805045ISBN 10: 0198805047 Pages: 258 Publication Date: 30 November 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , General/trade , Professional & Vocational , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction Letters ReferenecesReviewsThe editor has done an outstanding job in selecting key examples of Huttons vast correspondence while providing extensive contextual notes for each letter. Recommended. * J. Johnson, CHOICE * The book is a very thorough piece of scholarship. It features a few well-chosen archival images and contains a substantial bibliography and index. It will be of importance to all those with an interest in British mathematical and scientic practitioners of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. * Adrian Rice, MathSciNet * The editor has done an outstanding job in selecting key examples of Huttons vast correspondence while providing extensive contextual notes for each letter. Recommended. * J. Johnson, CHOICE * The book is a very thorough piece of scholarship. It features a few well-chosen archival images and contains a substantial bibliography and index. It will be of importance to all those with an interest in British mathematical and scientic practitioners of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. * Adrian Rice, MathSciNet * the book is an important contribution to the history of the mathematical sciences in Great Britain during the Georgian period, filling a definite chronological gap. It is, moreover, complementary to historical works on British scientific and educational institutions. * Olivier Bruneau, University of Lorraine, Isis Journal of the History of Science Society * The editor has done an outstanding job in selecting key examples of Huttons vast correspondence while providing extensive contextual notes for each letter. Recommended. * J. Johnson, CHOICE * Author InformationDr Benjamin Wardhaugh holds a doctorate from the University of Oxford and has been engaged in research and teaching in the history of mathematics since 2006. He has written ten books, including an anthology of 500 years of popular mathematics writing. His research interests span the sixteenth to the eighteenth century and include mathematical theories of music, the transmission of mathematical texts, and the history of mathematics teaching and numeracy in that period. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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