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Date |
2016-11-09 |
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repository |
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Is Part Of |
p17498341 |
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abstract |
The Gresham Chair of Geometry is the oldest mathematics chair in England, and over
the past four hundred years thirty-two Gresham professors have presented free lectures
on mathematical topics to the general public. In this two-part article we outline
the history of these appointments from the founding of Gresham College in 1596 to
the present day. In particular, we mention the development of logarithms by Henry
Briggs, describe how The Royal Society emerged from Gresham College in the early 1660s,
and specify when the statistical terms <i>standard deviation</i> and <i>histogram</i>
were first used. |
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authorList |
authors |
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issue |
2 |
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published |
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peerReviewed |
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volume |
32 |
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type |
AcademicArticle |
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type |
Article |
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label |
Wilson, Robin J (2016). The Gresham Professors of Geometry Part 2: the next three
hundred years. BSHM Bulletin: Journal of the British Society for the History of Mathematics,
32(2) pp. 136–148. |
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label |
Wilson, Robin J (2016). The Gresham Professors of Geometry Part 2: the next three
hundred years. BSHM Bulletin: Journal of the British Society for the History of Mathematics,
32(2) pp. 136–148. |
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Publisher |
ext-82d97d3d46da72def3ef996d0ad0810c |
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Title |
The Gresham Professors of Geometry Part 2: the next three hundred years |
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