Robyn Arianrhod (, Honorary Research Associate, School of Mathemati

Gebundenes Buch

Seduced by Logic

Émilie Du Châtelet, Mary Somerville and the Newtonian Revolution

Beschreibung

This story of two remarkable women, à milie du Chà telet and Mary Somerville, whose lives were drawn together by their irresistible desire for mathematical knowledge, reveals the intimate links between the Newtonian revolution and the origins of intellectual and political liberty.

Autor

Robyn Arianrhod is an Honorary Research Associate in the School of Mathematical Sciences at Monash University. She is the author of Einstein's Heroes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 164mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9780199931613
• ISBN-10: 0199931615
• Artikelnr.: 35708996