Herschel, Peacock, Babbage and the development of the Cambridge curriculum

DOI10.1098/RSNR.1990.0018MaRDI QIDQ3478367zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors M. V. Wilkes

Publication date 1990

Published in Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1098/rsnr.1990.0018

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mathematics at specific universities (01A73)

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