Mr Hopkins' Men Cambridge Reform and British Mathematics in the 19th Century /
The 19th century was a key period in the development of the mathematical sciences in Britain. Subjects such as rigid-body dynamics, hydrodynamics, elasticity, optics, heat, electricity and magnetism were extended and given firmer foundations; new areas of pure mathematics were explored; and major ad...
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Springer London : Imprint: Springer,
2007.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2007. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-791-6 |
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Table of Contents:
- Educating the Elite
- Introducing Hopkins and His Wranglers
- The Student Experience, 1820–1860
- Cambridge University in Context
- Teaching at Cambridge
- William Hopkins
- Hopkins' Top Wranglers, 1829–1854
- Careers of the Wranglers
- The “Cambridge Stamp”
- Wranglers at Home: Four Biographies
- Universities and Colleges
- Wranglers Abroad: Churchmen and Educators in the Colonies
- The Growth of a Research Community
- Achievements in the Mathematical Sciences
- Postscript.