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Mathematics in Victorian Britain.
During the Victorian era, industrial and economic growth led to a phenomenal rise in productivity and invention. That spirit of creativity and ingenuity was reflected in the massive expansion in scope and complexity of many scientific disciplines during this time, with subjects evolving rapidly and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | During the Victorian era, industrial and economic growth led to a phenomenal rise in productivity and invention. That spirit of creativity and ingenuity was reflected in the massive expansion in scope and complexity of many scientific disciplines during this time, with subjects evolving rapidly and the creation of many new disciplines. The subject of mathematics was no exception and many of the advances made by mathematicians during the Victorian period are still familiar today;matrices, vectors, Boolean algebra, histograms, and standard deviation were just some of the innovations pioneered by. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (477 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-455) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0191627933 9780191627934 |