James Joseph Sylvester
Download or Read eBook James Joseph Sylvester PDF written by Karen Hunger Parshall and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2006-05-17 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Karen Hunger Parshall |
| Publisher | : JHU Press |
| Total Pages | : 500 |
| Release | : 2006-05-17 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0801882915 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780801882913 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis James Joseph Sylvester by : Karen Hunger Parshall
Book excerpt: This text offers a biography of James Joseph Sylvester & his work. A Cambridge student at first denied a degree because of his faith, Sylvester came to America to teach mathematics, becoming Daniel Coit Gilman's faculty recruit at Johns Hopkins in 1876 & winning the coveted Savilian Professorship of Geometry at Oxford in 1883.
