The Correspondence of Charles Hutton - Mathematical Networks in Georgian Britain
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| Verlag | Oxford University Press |
| Auflage | 2017 |
| Seiten | 258 |
| Format | 16,4 x 24,0 x 1,9 cm |
| Gewicht | 612 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| ISBN-10 | 0198805047 |
| EAN | 9780198805045 |
| Bestell-Nr | 19880504EA |
This book is the first edition of the surviving correspondence of celebrated Georgain mathematician and educator Charles Hutton (1737-1823).
Klappentext:
This 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 atthe 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 inmathematics 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 netw orks 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 theearly 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.
Rezension:
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