Wilkes, Maurice V

Herschel, Peacock, Babbage and the development of the Cambridge curriculum. Offprint

Publisher Information: 1990. Wilkes, Maurice V. Herschel, Peacock, Babbage and the development of the Cambridge curriculum. Offprint from Notes and Records of the Royal Society London 44 (1990). Without wrappers as issued. 205-219pp. 248 x 174 mm. Provenance: Maurice Wilkes Book Id: 39749

First edition, offprint issue. A brief history of the attempt by Babbage, Herschel, and Peacock to reform the teaching of mathematics at Cambridge (see no. 17). Wilkes 1999, no. 140. Origins of Cyberspace 1055.

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