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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
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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)
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830 0 Archives internationales d'histoire des idees ;|vvolume
248
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