From Newton to Hawking

A History of Cambridge University's Lucasian Professors of Mathematics

Kevin C. Knox, Richard Noakes

486 pages, parution le 05/11/2003

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Résumé

Cambridge University's Lucasian Professorship of Mathematics is one of the most celebrated academic positions in the world. Since its foundation in 1663, the chair has been held by seventeen men who represent some of the best and most influential minds in science and technology. Principally a social history of mathematics and physics, the story of these great natural philosophers and mathematical physicists is told here by some of the finest historians of science. The journey begins with the search for a benefactor able to establish a 'mathematicus professor honorarius', and travels through the life and work of the professors, exploring aspects from the heroic to the absurd.
Covering both the great similarities and the extreme differences in mathematical physics over the last four centuries, this informative work offers new perspectives on world famous scientists including Isaac Newton, Charles Babbage, G. G. Stokes, Paul Dirac, and Stephen Hawking.

Contributors
Stephen Hawking, K. C. Knox, R. Noakes, M. Feingold, R. Iliffe, S. Snobelen, L. Stewart, J. Gascoigne, S. Schaffer, D. B. Wilson, A. Warwick, H. Kragh, H. Mialet, I. Stewart

Introduction: ‘Mind Almost Divine' K. C. Knox and R. Noakes
Isaac Barrow and the foundation of the Lucasian Professorship M. Feingold
‘Very Accomplished Mathematician, Philosopher, Chemist' - Newton as Lucasian Professor R. Iliffe
Making Newton easy: William Whiston in Cambridge and London S. Snobelen and L. Stewart
Sensible Newtonians: Nicholas Saunderson & John Colson J. Gascoigne
The negative side of nothing: Edward Waring, Isaac Milner and Newtonian values K. C. Knox
Paper and brass: The Lucasian Professorship 1820–1839 S. Schaffer
Arbiters of Victorian science: George Gabriel Stokes and Joshua King D. B. Wilson
‘That Universal Aetherial Plenum': Joseph Larmor's Natural History of Physics A. Warwick
Paul Dirac: the purest soul in an atomic age H. Kragh
Is the end in sight for the Lucasian Chair? Stephen Hawking as Millennium Professor H. Mialet
Appendix. The Statutes of the Lucasian Professorship: a translation I. Stewart.

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Kevin C. Knox, Richard Noakes
Parution	05/11/2003
Nb. de pages	486
Format	16 x 23,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	960g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521663106
ISBN13	978-0-521-66310-6