A History Of The Study Of Mathematics At Cambridge - Softcover

W Rouse Ball, W

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9354444946 ISBN 13: 9789354444944

Publisher: Alpha Edition, 2021

Synopsis

How did a single university help turn mathematics from a gentleman's accomplishment into the engine of modern science? In A History Of The Study Of Mathematics At Cambridge, distinguished scholar W. W. Rouse Ball traces the rise of Cambridge as the heart of British mathematical life across several centuries. Cambridge quietly shaped modern mathematics. Blending narrative, institutional detail and keen insight, this classic history of mathematics book follows the development of mathematical education at Cambridge: from early college teaching and private coaching to formal examinations, professorships and the famous Tripos system. As an academic history of science and a careful university mathematics curriculum history, it illuminates how courses, examinations and scholarly standards evolved, and how the Cambridge approach influenced the wider British university mathematics tradition, including the evolution of mathematics teaching. Both a cambridge mathematics history reference and a vivid portrait of intellectual culture in Cambridge University nineteenth century and beyond, it speaks to anyone interested in the history of British universities: for mathematics history students, for math teachers and historians, and for Cambridge University history lovers seeking a deeper understanding of how universities shape mathematical thought. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure for readers, researchers and classic non-fiction collectors who value enduring works of scholarship.

Edition details

• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9354444946
• ISBN 13: 9789354444944
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 318