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William Whewell, D.D., Master of Trinity College, Cambridge - Volume 1

William Whewell, D.D., Master of Trinity College, Cambridge - Volume 1

Whewell, William
Todhunter, Isaac

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Sports GeneralHistory & Philosophy of Science

ISBN10: 1108038530
ISBN13: 9781108038539
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Nov 8 2011
Pages: 454
Weight: 1.26
Height: 1.01 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
William Whewell (1794-1866) was born the son of a Lancaster carpenter, but his precocious intellect soon delivered him into a different social sphere. Educated at a local grammar school, he won a scholarship to Cambridge, and began his career at Trinity College in 1812; he went on to be elected a fellow of Trinity in 1817 and Master in 1841. An acquaintance of William Wordsworth and a friend of Adam Sedgwick, his professional interests reflected a typically nineteenth-century fusion of religion and science, ethics and empiricism. Published in 1876, and written by the mathematician and fellow of St John's College, Isaac Todhunter (1820-84), this biography combines a narrative account of Whewell's life and achievements with extracts taken from his personal correspondence. Volume 1 covers his sermons and early poetry, as well as his work on tides, moral philosophy and mechanics, and his celebrated study of the inductive sciences.

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