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Robert (Hrsg.) Fox

Thomas Harriot and His World

Mathematics, Exploration, and Natural Philosophy in Early Modern England

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This second volume of papers on Thomas Harriot edited by Professor Robert Fox is based on the annual Harriot lectures delivered at Oriel College, Oxford between 2000 and 2009. It complements the previous volume, published as Thomas Harriot: An Elizabethan Man of Science in 2000. The focus in several of the papers is on Harriot's outstanding achievements as a mathematician; others consider why he has never received the recognition accorded to his great contemporary, Galileo; others again examine his association with his entrepreneurial patron Walter Ralegh and his contributions to the intensely practical world of exploration and seamanship, as… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-1-351-87919-4
  • EAN: 9781351879194
  • Produktnummer: 24386277
  • Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
  • Seitenangabe: 274 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 4'427 KB

Über den Autor


Robert Fox is Emeritus Professor of the History of Science at the University of Oxford, UK

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