Samuel Pepys, Isaac Newton, James Hodgson, and the Beginnings of Secondary School Mathematics: A History of the Royal Mathematical School Within Chris

by Nerida F. Ellerton and M. A. (Ken) Clements

This book tells one of the greatest stories in the history of school mathematics. Two of the names in the title-Samuel Pepys and Isaac Newton-need no introduction, and this book draws attention to their special contributions to the history of school mathematics. According to Ellerton and Clements, during the last quarter of the seventeenth century Pepys and Newton were key players in defining what school mathematics beyond arithmetic and elementary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319466569
• ISBN13: 9783319466569
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"