Oxford Figures: Eight Centuries of the Mathematical Sciences - John Fauvel - Books - Oxford University Press - 9780199681976 - September 19, 2013
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Oxford Figures: Eight Centuries of the Mathematical Sciences 2 Revised edition


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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)

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