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04479cam a2200445 a 4500 001 8EA83E10253811DF9B7CADF9A7D7520A 003 SILO 005 20100301073843 008 050727s2006 mdua b 001 0beng 010 $a 2005052035 020 $a 9780801882913 (alk. paper) 020 $a 0801882915 (alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)61228767 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BAKER $d IXA $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d NLGGC $d NOR $d OCLCG $d NIU $d SILO 043 $a e-uk--- 050 00 $a QA29.S96 $b P375 2006 082 14 $a B $a B $2 22 084 $a 31.01 $2 bcl 100 1 $a Parshall, Karen Hunger, $d 1955- 245 1 $a James Joseph Sylvester : $b Jewish mathematician in a Victorian world / $c Karen Hunger Parshall. 260 $a Baltimore, MD : $b Johns Hopkins University Press, $c c2006. 300 $a xiii, 461 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-446) and index. 505 00 $t Establishing a mathematical routine -- $t Introduction : James Joseph Sylvester : the myth, the mathematician, the man -- $g The $t Born to "the faith in which the founder of Christianity was educated" -- $g The $t Josephs of Liverpool -- $g The $t Abraham Joseph family of London -- $g The $t Royal Institution School, Liverpool -- $g ch. 2. A $t price of dissent -- $t Cambridge debates dissent -- $t Within the walls of St. John's -- $g A $t two-year hiatus -- $t Back at St. Jon's -- $g The $t 1837 tripos -- $g ch. 3. The $t hollow walls of academe -- $g An $t unexpected opportunity -- $t Professor of natural philosophy at University College London -- $t Looking beyond England -- $t Professor of mathematics at the University of Virginia -- $t Struggling against an "Adverse tide of affairs" -- $g ch. 4. $t Actuary by day... mathematician by night -- $g The $t actuary : an emergent "Professional man" -- $t J.J. Sylvester, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., Actuary and secretary -- $g The $t Institute of Actuaries -- $t Divided loyalties : mathematician or actuary? -- $t Establishing a mathematical routine -- 505 00 $g ch. 9. $t Sustaining the American Journal of Mathematics -- $g The $t emergence of a theory of invariants -- $t Crafting the "new algebra" -- $g The $t problem of Syzygies -- $t From actuary to academic? -- $g ch. 6. A $t new beginning -- $t Changing responsibilities -- $g The $t Royal Military Academy, Woolwich -- $t Professor of mathematics once more - $g A $t roving mathematical eye -- $g ch. 7. $t At war with the military -- $t First battle -- $t Temporary truce -- $t Second battle -- $t Hard-won victories -- $g ch. 8. The $t uneasy years -- $t Victorian England and educational reform -- $t Reform and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich -- $t Mathematics misrepresented and misunderstood : taking on Huxley -- $g The $t BAAS and science education -- $t Poetry soothes the soul -- $t Life after Woolwich -- $t New possibilities on the horizon? -- $g ch. 9. $t Exploring familiar ground on unfamiliar territory -- $t First impressions -- $t Getting started -- $t Thriving in the graduate classroom -- $t Launching the American Journal of Mathematics -- $t Sustaining the American Journal of Mathematics -- 505 00 $g The $t Index. $t Sylvester and his early students -- $t From invariant theory to the theory of numbers -- $t From number theory to "universal algebra" -- $g A $t troubled transition to the theory of partitions -- $t Henry Smith is dead -- $g ch. 11. A $t bittersweet victory -- $g An $t Oxford in transition -- $t Between two worlds -- $g A $t rocky year -- $t Hopkins in Oxfordshire? -- $g ch. 12. The $t final transition -- $t Increasing signs of age -- $g An $t international competition -- $g A $t steady decline -- $g The $t final years -- $t Epilogue : James Joseph Sylvester : the man and his legacies -- $t Notes -- $t References -- $t Index. 600 10 $a Sylvester, James Joseph, $d 1814-1897. 650 0 $a Mathematicians $z Great Britain $x History $y 19th century $v Biography. 650 0 $a Jews $z Great Britain $x History $y 19th century $v Biography. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History $y 19th century $v Biography. 650 17 $a Wiskunde. $2 gtt 856 41 $3 Table of contents only $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0701/2005052035.html 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005052035-b.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005052035-d.html 941 $a 3 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220706015040.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180103055834.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20100301073843.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8EA83E10253811DF9B7CADF9A7D7520A 994 $a 02 $b NIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search