Such silver currents : the story of William and Lucy Clifford, 1845-1929 /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chisholm, Monty (Autor)
Otros Autores: Atiyah, Michael Francis, 1929-2019 (Contribuidor), Penrose, Roger (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Lutterworth Press, The, 2021.
Temas:
Clifford, William Kingdon, > 1845-1879.
Clifford, W. K., > Mrs., > 1846-1929.
1800-1899
Mathematicians > Great Britain > Biography.
Authors, English > 19th century > Biography.
Married people > Great Britain > Biography.
Mathématiciens > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Écrivains anglais > 19e siècle > Biographies.
Couples mariés > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Authors, English.
Married people.
Mathematicians.
Great Britain.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Book Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • Foreword by Sir Michael Atiyah, O.M., F.R.S.
  • Introduction: Setting the Scene
  • Part One: 1845-1875
  • Lucy's Early Years 1846-1875
  • William's Childhood in Exeter 1845-1863
  • The Cambridge Years 1863-1871
  • 'The Great Scientifi c Missionary': University College, London 1871-1875
  • Life in London: Friendship with George Eliot and George Lewes
  • William's Death in Madeira 1879
  • Part II: Lucy Alone, 1879-1929
  • Beginning Again
  • Friendship with Rudyard Kipling
  • Literary Critic and Hostess
  • Friendship with William and Henry James
  • Trans-Atlantic Friendships: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr and J.R. Lowell
  • Bloomsbury Connections: Leslie Stephen and Virginia Woolf
  • London Friends at the Turn of the Century
  • Part Three Heritage: Literary and Scientifi c
  • Lucy Clifford's Books and Plays
  • The Clifford Heritage
  • Afterword The Mathematics of William Kingdon Clifford
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Back cover

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