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Faces.
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ISSN: 26650207 Publisher: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University

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University politics : F.M. Cornford's Cambridge and his advice to the young academic politician
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ISBN: 0521897890 0521723736 9780521723732 9780521897891 Year: 2008 Publisher: New York : Cambridge [England] ; Cambridge University Press,


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Annual report
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ISSN: 13277235 Year: 1993 Publisher: [Canberra] : Australian National University


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Iowa journal of literary studies.
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ISSN: 23258845 Year: 1977 Publisher: Iowa City, Iowa : Dept. of English, University of Iowa.

Mr Hopkins' men : Cambridge reform and British mathematics in the 19th century
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ISBN: 1281250740 184628791X 1281757217 9786611757212 9786611250744 1848001320 1846287901 Year: 2007 Publisher: London : Springer,

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The 19th century was a key period in the development of the mathematical sciences in Britain. Subjects such as rigid-body dynamics, hydrodynamics, elasticity, optics, heat, electricity and magnetism were extended and given firmer foundations; new areas of pure mathematics were explored; and major advances took place in statistics, astronomy, geology and glaciology. The mid-19th century also brought dramatic changes to Cambridge University. Before 1850, the only pathway to an honours degree was the Mathematical Tripos - taken by all aspiring students whatever their destined careers - and the best teaching was provided by private tutors, the most renowned being the remarkable William Hopkins. This wide-ranging book tells the story of Hopkins and the education and subsequent careers of his top "wranglers", many of whom went on to have illustrious careers as bishops, judges, politicians, scientists or educators. It draws on first-hand accounts of life at Cambridge to give the reader a glimpse inside its colleges, and it charts the evolution of the curriculum and the slow, often reluctant, reforms that led to Cambridge’s dominance of British higher education. It surveys the scientific achievements of the time and considers the disproportionate contributions made by Scottish and Irish alumni in establishing a research community. Gradually, Cambridge was transformed from a near-moribund institution into a world-renowned centre for the mathematical and physical sciences. Many famous scientists and mathematicians are profiled, among them G. Green, G.G. Stokes, J.C. Adams, W. Thomson (Lord Kelvin), A. Cayley and J.C. Maxwell, and many lesser-known figures too, including the first professors in Australia and the tutor to an Indian maharajah. In addition, and as a special highlight, Hopkins’ own collection of portraits of his top students, attributed to the artist T.C. Wageman, are published here – in colour – for the first time. Scholarly yet non-technical, this is a fascinating look at Cambridge during the Victorian era that is accessible to anyone with an interest in the history of science and mathematics; the history of education; the interaction of science and religious belief; the history of Cambridge University; and Victorian Britain generally. Alex D.D. Craik is a graduate of St Andrews and Cambridge. For many years, he taught applied mathematics at St Andrews University, where he is presently an emeritus professor.


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The Palgrave companion to Cambridge economics
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ISBN: 9781137412324 9781137412331 113741233X 1137412321 1349681873 Year: 2017 Publisher: London: Palgrave MacMillan,

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The University of Cambridge has and continues to be one of the most important centres for economics. With nine chapters on themes in Cambridge economics and over 40 chapters on the lives and work of Cambridge economists, these two volume show how economics became established at the university, how it produced some of the world's best-known economists, including John Maynard Keynes and Alfred Marshall, plus Nobel Prize winners, such as Richard Stone and James Mirrlees, and how it remains a global force for the very best in teaching and research in economics. With original contributions from a stellar cast, this volume provides economists--especially those interested in macroeconomics and the history of economic thought--with the first in-depth analysis of Cambridge economics.


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Philosophy 4 : a story of Harvard University
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ISBN: 066578094X Publisher: G.N. Morang

Oxford and Cambridge
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ISBN: 0521301394 9780521301398 Year: 1988 Publisher: Cambridge: University press,

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Historians Brooke and Highfield have produced a tastefully written and sumptuously illustrated history of the two oldest and most beautiful universities in the English-speaking world. The Golden Age of building at Oxford and Cambridge spanned the 14th through 16th centuries; the Golden Age of social and educational reform occurred some three centuries later, as religious tests for matriculation and graduation were abolished; tutorials, exams, and honors initiated; courses of study expanded to embrace modern-day learning; and women admitted. The photographs, stunning and eloquent, are reason enough to buy this book, but the textwith its humane judgment backed by deep and tolerant scholarshipdeserves high praise. Highly recommended. David Keymer, Coll. of Technology, Utica, N.Y.Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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