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...

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1. Verfasser:	Clifford, William Kingdon 1845-1879 (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2014
Schriftenreihe:	Cambridge library collection. Physical sciences
Schlagworte:	Mathematik Philosophie Mathematics / Philosophy Mathematisches Modell Begriffsbildung Naturwissenschaften Exakte Wissenschaften Kategorienlehre
Online-Zugang:	BSB01 FHN01 Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	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
Beschreibung:	Originally published in London by Kegan Paul, Trench and Co. in 1885. - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Jun 2016)
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (xiii, 271 pages)
ISBN:	9781139878555
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9781139878555