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Published by OUP UK, 2005
ISBN 10: 0198564848ISBN 13: 9780198564843
Seller: Cotswold Rare Books, OXFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. Unused copy in excellent condition.
Published by Oxford, etc.: Oxford University Press, 2004., 2004
ISBN 10: 0198564848ISBN 13: 9780198564843
Seller: Ted Kottler, Bookseller, Redondo Beach, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 657 pp; 2 illus. Original cloth. Some earmarked pages, else Near Fine, in near fine dust jacket. New price: US$302.50. 'The mathematician John Pell was a member of that golden generation of scientists - Boyle, Wren, Hooke, and others - which came together in the early Royal Society. Although he left a huge body of manuscript materials, he has remained an extraordinarily neglected figure, whose papers have never been properly explored. This book, the first ever full-length study of Pell, presents an in-depth account of his life and mathematical thinking, based on a detailed study of his manuscripts. It not only restores to his proper place in history a figure who was one of the leading mathematicians of his day; it also brings to life a strange, appealing, but awkward character, whose failure to publish his discoveries was caused by powerful scruples. In addition, this book shows that the range of Pell's interests extended far beyond mathematics. He was a key member of the circle of the 'intelligencer' Samuel Hartlib; he prepared translations of works by Descartes and Comenius; in the 1650s he served as Cromwell's envoy to Switzerland; and in the last part of his life he was an active member of the Royal Society, interested in the whole range of its activities. The study of Pell's life and thought thus illuminates many different aspects of 17th-century intellectual life. The book is in three parts. The first is a detailed biography of Pell; the second is an extended essay on his mathematical work; the third is a richly annotated edition of his correspondence with Sir Charles Cavendish. This correspondence, which has often been cited by scholars but has never been published in full, is concerned not only with mathematics but also with optics, philosophy, and many other subjects; conducted mainly while Pell was in the Netherlands and Cavendish was also on the Continent, it is an unusually fascinating example of the correspondence that flourished in the 17th-century 'Republic of Letters'. This book will be an essential resource not only for historians of mathematics, science, and philosophy, but also for intellectual and cultural historians of early modern Europe' (Oxford University Press Web site).
Published by Oxford University Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 0198564848ISBN 13: 9780198564843
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Published by Oxford University Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 0198564848ISBN 13: 9780198564843
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Published by Oxford, Oxford University Press 2005, 2005
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657pp., editor's hardback, dustwrapper, 24cm., very good condition, ISBN 0-19-856484-8, W78325.
Published by Oxford UP, 2005
Seller: Collectors' Bookstore, Antwerpen, Belgium
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition thus. John Pell 1611-1685 and his correspondence with Sir Charles Cavendish The mental world of an early modern mathematician Special Collection by Noel Malcolm; Jacqueline Stedall. Published by Oxford UP in 2005. Hardcover. What makes this title so special is its limited availability. - Publishers Weekly. Collectible item in very fine condition.
Published by Oxford University Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 0198564848ISBN 13: 9780198564843
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Published by Oxford University Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 0198564848ISBN 13: 9780198564843
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Published by Oxford University Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 0198564848ISBN 13: 9780198564843
Seller: Iridium_Books, DH, SE, Spain
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