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Oxford Figures: Eight Centuries of the Mathematical Sciences
John Fauvel
Revealing the richness and influence of Oxford's mathematical tradition and the fascinating characters that have helped to shape it for over 800 years, this second edition brings the story right up to the opening of the new Oxford Mathematical Institute in 2013, with a foreword from Marcus du Sautoy and recent developments from Peter M. Neumann.
416 pages, 200 b/w line drawings, 80 b/w halftones
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | September 19, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199681976 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 418 |
| Dimensions | 194 × 248 × 26 mm · 934 g |
| Editor | Fauvel, John (Former Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at the Open University and a former President of the British Society for the History of Mathematics) |
| Editor | Flood, Raymond (Gresham Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, London and Emeritus Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford) |
| Editor | Wilson, Robin (Robin Wilson is an Emeritus Professor of Pure Mathematics at the Open University, Emeritus Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, London, and a former Fellow of Keble College, Oxford) |