A Prodigy of Universal Genius : Robert Leslie Ellis, 1817-1859

A Prodigy of Universal Genius : Robert Leslie Ellis, 1817-1859

المؤلف
Lukas M. Verburgt
سنة النشر
2022
الناشر
Springer
لغة الملف
انكليزي
نوع الملف
Book
تصنيف الكتاب
General

Written by a diverse team of experts, the chapters in the book’s first part contain in-depth examinations of, among other things, Ellis’s family, education, Bacon scholarship and mathematical contributions. The second part consists of annotated transcriptions of a selection of Ellis’s diaries and correspondence. Taken together, A Prodigy of Universal Genius: Robert Leslie Ellis, 1817–1859 is a rich resource for historians of science, historians of mathematics and Victorian scholars alike.


الكلمات المفتاحية: Religion and Philosophy / History of Philosophy / History of Science / Humanities and Social sciences / History of Mathematical Sciences / British Culture / Robert Leslie Ellis / The Cambridge network / Mathematical education / William Whewell / History of science in Britain / The history of ideas / Early-Victorian Cambridge / History of mathematical sciences / Victorian intellectual culture