From Newton to Hawking: A History of Cambridge University's Lucasian Professors of Mathematics

This social history of mathematics and physics tells the story of Cambridge University's mathematical physicists. The University's Lucasian Professorship of Mathematics is one of the world's most celebrated academic positions. Since its foundation in 1663, the chair has been held by seventeen men who represent some of the most influential minds in science and technology. This informative work offers new perspectives on such world-famous scientists as Isaac Newton, Charles Babbage, Paul Dirac, and Stephen Hawking.

Author: Kevin C. Knox
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 03/05/2007
Pages: 516
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.58lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.04d
ISBN: 9780521663939

About the Author
Knox, Kevin C.: - Kevin Knox is Historian at the Institute Archives, Caltech. He has held positions as Visiting Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Ahmanson Postdoctoral Instructor in the Humanities at Caltech.Noakes, Richard: - Richard Noakes is a British Academy-Royal Society Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the History of Science, in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge University. He previously held a Leverhulme Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Universities of Leeds and Sheffield.

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