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John Pell (1611-1685) and his correspondence with Sir Charles Cavendish : the mental world of an early modern mathematician

This authoritative work on the 17th-century mathematician John Pell contains new and detailed biographical material and the complete Pell-Cavendish correspondence
eBook, English, 2005
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005
personal correspondence
1 online resource (656 pages) : illustrations
9781435620858, 9780198564843, 9781280846250, 9780191524073, 1435620852, 0198564848, 1280846259, 0191524077
191161124
General introduction; A note on dates and transcriptions; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Part I: The life of John Pell; 1 Sussex, Cambridge, 1611-1629; 2 Sussex, London, Sussex, 1629-1638; 3 London, 1638-1643; 4 Amsterdam, Breda, 1643-1652; 5 London, Zurich, 1652-1658; 6 London, Essex, London, 1658-1665; 7 Cheshire, 1665-1669; 8 London, 1669-1685; Part II: The mathematics of John Pell; Part III: The Pell-Cavendish correspondence; Textual introduction; The correspondence; List of manuscripts; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W