'A Corrective to the Spirit of too Exclusively Pure Mathematics': Robert Smith (1689-1768) and his Prizes at Cambridge University
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Publication:2735938
DOI10.1080/000337999296418zbMath0973.01106OpenAlexW2029286139WikidataQ58248858 ScholiaQ58248858MaRDI QIDQ2735938
Publication date: 5 September 2001
Published in: Annals of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/000337999296418
Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mathematics at specific universities (01A73) Sociology (and profession) of mathematics (01A80)
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