MARC 主機 00000nam a2200481 i 4500 001 978-3-031-40243-2 003 DE-He213 005 20230929230121.0 006 m o d 007 cr nn 008maaau 008 230929s2023 sz s 0 eng d 020 9783031402432|q(electronic bk.) 020 9783031402425|q(paper) 024 7 10.1007/978-3-031-40243-2|2doi 040 GP|cGP|erda 041 0 eng 050 4 TA140.M56 072 7 JFCX|2bicssc 072 7 HIS054000|2bisacsh 072 7 JBCC9|2thema 082 04 620.0092|223 100 1 Hornsey, Richard,|eauthor 245 14 The many-sidedness of George Minchin Minchin :|beducator, satirist, and early pioneer of television /|cby Richard Hornsey 264 1 Cham :|bSpringer International Publishing :|bImprint: Springer,|c2023 300 1 online resource (xvii, 286 pages) :|billustrations, digital ;|c24 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 347 text file|bPDF|2rda 490 1 International archives of the history of ideas,|x0066-6610 ;|vvolume 248 505 0 Chapter 1. Eminent in the World: introduction and motivation -- Chapter 2. Minchin Minchin: Early Years And University in Ireland -- Chapter 3. Is the Monkey Smooth? A Career at Coopers Hill -- Chapter 4. An Honorary Maxwellian: Colleagues and Electromagnetic Theory -- Chapter 5. Ne Plus Ultra: Textbooks and Writing -- Chapter 6. Geometry Versus Euclid: Reforming the Teaching of Mathematics -- Chapter 7. Journeys to Al Fard and Other Exotic Destinations: Satires and Poems -- Chapter 8. Telephotographs: Photocells and Photo-batteries, 1880 - 1891 -- Chapter 9. Distant Scintillating Star: Starlight, X-rays, and Television, 1891 - 1908 -- Chapter 10. Balak, the Son of Zippor: Impulsion Cells and Wireless Telegraphy -- Chapter 11. Through Nature to eternity Final Years and Reflections 520 This book is the first complete biography of George Minchin Minchin (1845-1914), professor of applied mathematics at the Royal Indian Engineering College. Minchin's extraordinary range of accomplishments offers a unique inside view of the major technological and educational developments of late nineteenth century Britain. The scientific community's excitement during the early days of electromagnetic theory, wireless telegraphy, and x-rays are revealed by Minchin's letters to eminent friends (notably the Maxwellians, Oliver Lodge and George Francis Fitzgerald) This book also traces Minchin's little -known pioneering work on photoelectricity, which led to the first electrical measurements of starlight and laid the foundations for solar cells and television. Minchin's mathematical textbooks were praised for their lucidity, and his advanced pedagogical thinking underpinned his lifelong work on reforming science education. He explained scientific concepts for a general audience using science fiction poetry and critiqued contemporary society in sharp and humorous satires. These works provide fresh perspectives on the place of science in Victorian society. This book is for anyone fascinated by the late nineteenth century revolution in electrical technologies.This is also a valuable read for historians of science, and for those interested in technical education, and science and society in Victorian Britain 600 10 Minchin, G. M.|q(George Minchin),|d1845-1914 650 0 Engineering mathematics|xHistory 650 14 History of Ideas 650 24 History of Science 650 24 History 710 2 SpringerLink (Online service) 773 0 |tSpringer Nature eBook 830 0 Archives internationales d'histoire des idees ;|vvolume 248 856 40 |uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40243-2 912 Springer|b111206084615
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