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THE COMMON SENSE OF THE EXACT SCIENCES
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| By: |
William Kingdon Clifford, Karl Pearson |
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| ISBN 10: |
1108077129 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781108077125 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
| Pub. date: |
25 September, 2014 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences |
| Pages: |
290 |
| Description: |
Published in 1885, this instructive work explores five fundamental areas of mathematics: number, space, quantity, position and motion. |
| Synopsis: |
A student of Trinity College and a member of the Cambridge Apostles, William Kingdon Clifford (1845-79) graduated as second wrangler in the mathematical tripos, became a professor of applied mathematics at University College London in 1871, and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1874. The present work was begun by Clifford during a remarkably productive period of ill health, yet it remained unfinished at his death. The statistician and philosopher of science Karl Pearson (1857-1936) was invited to edit and complete the work, finally publishing it in 1885. It tackles five of the most fundamental areas of mathematics - number, space, quantity, position and motion - explaining each one in the most basic terms, as well as deriving several original results. Also demonstrating the rationale behind these five concepts, the book particularly pleased a later Cambridge mathematician, Bertrand Russell, who read it as a teenager. |
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100 b/w illus. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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Returnable |