John Robert Woodhouse's Books

Traces the development of pure mathematics during the long nineteenth century in Britain, with extensive references and primary sources.

Novelist, playwright, and poet Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938) shocked and dazzled early twentieth-century Europe with his sexual exploits, military feats, and political escapades. More than any other figure since the unification of Italy, he casts a shadow forward to the present day. His relationships with the worlds of Italian culture, theatre, and politics were unique, fiery, and always controversial. His literary achievements have influenced generations of Italian writers. This is the most authoritative biography of the man in any language.

This book traces the relationship between Anglicanism and science in late seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Cambridge.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1805.

This book seeks to illustrate the interconnections of science and philosophy with religion and politics in the early modern period by focusing on the institutional dynamics of the university. Much of the work is devoted to one key university- that of Cambridge- and examines the major issues of the institutional setting of Newton’s work, the religious and political circumstances that favoured its dissemination, and the way in which it was dealt with in the curriculum. But the author also seeks to place the problem of the role of science in the early modern university in a larger, European context. To do so, he includes a close prosopographical analysis of the scientific community from the mid-15th TO the end of the 18th century, and discusses the complex relations between the universities and the Enlightenment.

The Mathematics of Measurement is a historical survey of the introduction of mathematics to physics and of the branches of mathematics that were developed specifically for handling measurements, including dimensional analysis, error analysis, and the calculus of quantities.

This book describes Babbage's work on the design and implementation of the difference and analytical engines.

Irwin mirrors the aesthetic impact of the genre by creating in his study the dynamics of a detective story--the uncovering of mysteries, the accumulation of evidence, the tracing of clues, and the final solution that ties it all together.

In this important new work, the author provides us with a unique perspective on the creation of a scientific discipline. A key figure in the development of dispersive spectroscopy himself, Dr. Brand combines lifelong experience with a careful exposition of the key technical and scientific advances that have brought dispersive spectroscopy to its present maturity. The reader is led to meet the actual people who have contributed to this field and know their trials as well as breakthroughs. From 1800 to 1930, Brand preserves the thread of scientific thought and activity through six generations of working scientists.

Book's by John Robert Woodhouse

Embracing Beauty

Embracing Beauty

Gabriele D'Annunzio

Gabriele D'Annunzio

Cambridge in the Age of the Enlightenment

Cambridge in the Age of the Enlightenment

The British Critic

The British Critic

Science, Politics and Universities in Europe, 1600-1800

Science, Politics and Universities in Europe, 1600-1800

The Mathematics of Measurement

The Mathematics of Measurement

The Mathematical Work of Charles Babbage

The Mathematical Work of Charles Babbage

The Mystery to a Solution

The Mystery to a Solution

Lines Of Light: The Sources Of

Lines Of Light: The Sources Of

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