| Norman Biggs, E. Keith Lloyd, Robin J. Wilson - 1986 - 260 pàgines
...took part in an eclipse expedition to ltaly and was shipwrecked in Sicily. ln the following year he was appointed professor of applied mathematics and mechanics at University College, London. Clifford suffered a physical collapse in 1876 and the remainder of his life consisted of long visits... | |
| Nicholas Wright Gillham - 2001 - 429 pàgines
...and culture, philosophy, and socialism, Pearson remained true to science. He was appointed Goldsmid Professor of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics at University College, London, in 1884, a position he held until 1911, when he was named the first Galton Professor of Eugenics. As Goldsmid... | |
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