Masters of Theory
Subtitle: Cambridge and the Rise of Mathematical Physics
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: July 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 520
ISBN-13: 9780226873749
Subjects: Mathematics; Theoretical methods; Science; Science/Mathematics; History; Science / Mathematical Physics; 19th century; Mathematical Physics; University of Cambridge
First sentence: At 9 A.M. on 3 January 1876, J.H. Poynting (3W 1876) and around a hundred of his undergraduate peers concluded their mathematical studies at Cambridge by embarking on nine days of gruelling examination in the University Senate House.