Oxford's Sedleian Professors of Natural Philosophy

The First 400 Years

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Established in the early seventeenth century following a bequest to the university by Sir William Sedley, Oxford's Sedleian Professorship of Natural Philosophy is one of the university's oldest professorships. In common with other such positions established around this time, such as the Savilian Professorships of Geometry and Astronomy, for example, its purpose was to provide centrally organised lectures on a specific subject. While the Professorship is now a high-profile research post in applied mathematics, it has previously been held by physicians, an astronomer, and several people in the eighteenth century whose credentials in natural philosophy are much less clear. This edited volume traces the varied history of the chair through the first four centuries of its existence, combining specialised contributions from historians of medicine, of science, of mathematics, and of universities, together with personal reminiscences of some of the more recent holders of the post.

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Utgivningsdatum:2023-11-16
Mått:195 x 253 x 22 mm
Vikt:928 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:336
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780192843210

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Christopher D. Hollings is a Lecturer in Mathematics and its History at the University of Oxford.Mark McCartney is a senior lecturer in mathematics at Ulster University and a former President of the British Society for the History of Mathematics.

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As a historical document of one of the world's leading endowed chairs, this book is faultless. Historians of different time periods will each find a wealth of information, but not only on those who held the Professorship. The broader remit established by the editors was just the right approach, so we get a fine sense of the state of mathematics and natural philosophy through four centuries.

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Foreword Jon Keating: 1: Christopher D. Hollings: Four Centuries of Sedleian Professors 2: Alastair Compston: Thomas Willis 3: Nigel Aston: The Sedleian Professors of Eighteenth Century: a Theological Turn? 4: Jim Bennett: Thomas Hornsby 5: Christopher D. Hollings: George Leigh Cooke 6: Christopher D. Hollings: Bartholomew Price 7: June Barrow-Green: Augustus Love 8: Peter Cargill: Sydney Chapman 9: Mark McCartney: George Temple and Albert Green 10: Tom Mullin and John Toland: Brooke Benjamin 11: Mark McCartney: An Interview with John Ball

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