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

DOI10.1098/RSNR.1990.0018zbMATH Open0701.01004OpenAlexW1991848164MaRDI QIDQ3478367FDOQ3478367

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

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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