Sir Jonas Moore: Practical Mathematics and Restoration Science - Couverture rigide

Willmoth, Frances

 
9780851153216: Sir Jonas Moore: Practical Mathematics and Restoration Science
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0851153216 ISBN 13 : 9780851153216
Editeur : The Boydell Press, 1993

Synopsis

Sir Jonas Moore (1617-79) - practical mathematician, teacher, author, surveyor, cartographer, Ordnance Officer, courtier and patron of astronomy -had a remarkable career, and was one of the first to make a substantial fortune from mathematical practice. Dr Willmoth follows his progress to a knighthood, membership of the Royal Society, and favour at the court of Charles II; she assesses his contribution to the draining of the Great Level (under Cornelius Vermuyden) and the building of the Mole at Tangier, and records how, as Surveyor-General of the Ordnance, he became a patron of the new Royal Observatory at Greenwich. Her researches illustrate the changing views of mathematics at the time, and reinforce the argument for the 17th-century `scientific revolution'. FRANCES WILLMOTH is currently working on an edition of John Flamsteed's correspondence. [East Anglian] Study of the life and varied career of Sir Jonas Moore (1617-79) - practical mathematician, teacher, author, surveyor, cartographer, Ordnance Officer, courtier and patron of astronomy - who was involved in the draining of the Great Level in the Fens.

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Éditeur
The Boydell Press
Date d'édition
1993
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0851153216
ISBN 13 
9780851153216
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
256
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