James Joseph Sylvester: Jewish Mathematician in a Victorian World

by Karen Hunger Parshall

Honorable Mention Winner in the Biography & Autobiography category of the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Awards given by the Association of American Publishers

In this first biographical study of James Joseph Sylvester, Karen Hunger Parshall makes a signal contribution to the history of mathematics, Victorian history, and the history of science.

A brilliant Cambridge student at first denied a degree because of his faith, Sylvester...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801882915
• ISBN13: 9780801882913
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.5"