Gebundenes Buch

Oxford's Savilian Professors of Geometry

The First 400 Years

Herausgeber: Wilson, Robin

Beschreibung

To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the founding of the geometry chair, a meeting was held at the Bodleian Library in Oxford, and the talks presented at this meeting have formed the basis for this fully edited and lavishly illustrated book, which outlines the first 400 years of Oxford's Savilian Professors of Geometry.

Autor

Robin Wilson is Emeritus Professor of Pure Mathematics at the Open University, and of Geometry at Gresham College, London, and is a former Fellow of Keble College, Univerity of Oxford, UK. A former President of the British Society for the History of Mathematics, he has written and edited around fifty books on mathematics and its history, including fifteen books for Oxford University Press. Involved with the popularization and communication of these subjects, he has received international awards for his 'outstanding expository writing' and for his outreach activities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 197mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 794g
• ISBN-13: 9780198869030
• ISBN-10: 0198869037
• Artikelnr.: 63732571