Gunpowder and Geometry: The Life of Charles Hutton, Pit Boy, Mathematician and Scientific Rebel

Wardhaugh, Benjamin

ISBN 10: 000829996X / ISBN 13: 9780008299965

Published by William Collins, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gunpowder and Geometry: The Life of Charles Hutton, Pit Boy, Mathematician and Scientific Rebel
• Publisher: William Collins
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 000829996X
• ISBN 13: 9780008299965
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

From his humble beginning as a Newcastle pit boy in the 1740s, Charles Hutton rose to become a Fellow of the Royal Society by the time he was 40. This biography follows his meteoric ascent and describes his contributions to mathematics, including work on the force of gunpowder and calculating the mass of the Earth.