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In search of Thomas Knight: Part 2.
- Source :
- BSHM Bulletin: Journal of the British Society for the History of Mathematics; Nov2013, Vol. 28 Issue 3, p124-131, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Between 1809 and 1820, Thomas Knight (1775–1853) published quite a few papers on mathematics and its applications. These show him to have been surprisingly well-versed in French analytical mathematics at a time when French works were little read by his British contemporaries. InBSHM Bulletin2, Gloria Edwards and I published a paper (Craik and Edwards 2004) entitled ‘In search of Thomas Knight’, designated below as ‘[1]’, that examined Knight’s life and work. This follow-up paper gives further biographical information that links him with Edinburgh; it describes some more of his publications that were previously overlooked (for notice of the latter, I am grateful to a correspondent who wishes to remain anonymous); and it records some remarks about his work by his contemporaries. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17498430
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- BSHM Bulletin: Journal of the British Society for the History of Mathematics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 90147524
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17498430.2013.783970