Sir Jonas Moore

Practical Mathematics and Restoration Science

Inbunden, Engelska, 1993

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Beskrivning

A life of Moore, 17th-century mathematician and scientist involved in the draining of the fens, the building of the mole at Tangier, and the foundation of the Royal Observatory.Sir Jonas Moore (1617-79) - practical mathematician, teacher, author, surveyor, cartographer, Ordnance Officer, courtier and patron of astronomy -had a remarkable career, and was one of the first to make a substantial fortune frommathematical practice. Dr Willmoth follows his progress to a knighthood, membership of the Royal Society, and favour at the court of Charles II; she assesses his contribution to the draining of the Great Level (under Cornelius Vermuyden) and the building of the Mole at Tangier, and records how, as Surveyor-General of the Ordnance, he became a patron of the new Royal Observatory at Greenwich. Her researches illustrate the changing views of mathematics at the time, and reinforce the argument for the 17th-century `scientific revolution'.FRANCES WILLMOTH is currently working on an edition of John Flamsteed's correspondence. [East Anglian] Study of the life and varied career of SirJonas Moore (1617-79) - practical mathematician, teacher, author, surveyor, cartographer, Ordnance Officer, courtier and patron of astronomy - who was involved in the draining of the Great Level in the Fens.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1993-04-01
Mått:156 x 234 x 14 mm
Vikt:576 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN:9780851153216

Utforska kategorier

Biografier inom Biografier
Matematikens historia inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Recensioner i media

Her fine book...meticulously researched. HISTORY OF SCIENCE An interesting and well-researched book... Through the study of Moore's emergence as a mathematician, Willmoth has added in a number of ways to our still hazy knowledge of the scientific circles current in England in the mid-seventeenth century. HISTORY A book of considerable erudition, primarily of use and interest to scholars engaged in studies of 17th-century science and mathematics. Illustrated with, inter alia, interestingplates taken from Moore's maps and books. Well indexed and, as one might expect in a work of such scholarship, well-documented in an extensive bibliography.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: "A Good Mathematician and a Good Fellowe". Part 1 Moore's social and intellectual origins - teachers and patrons: ancestry and education; local patrons; employment and taking up mathematics. Part 2 Founding a mathematical career: William Oughtred; "Mathematicall More" - the author and his books. Part 3 "His Rise" - surveying the Fens: projectors and "giddy projects"; Moore's role - mathematics and surveying. Part 4 The Restoration and a route to royal service: mathematical practice in Restoration London; Tangier; the Surveyorship of the Ordnance. Part 5 "The genius of all arts" - patronage of the mathematical sciences: the Royal Society and the Royal Observatory; "The New Systeme of the mathematicks".