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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 April 2012
    08 November 2011
    ISBN:
    9781139105422
    9781108038546
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139105422
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    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.57kg, 448 Pages
    • Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Cambridge
    Subjects:
    History, History of Science: General Interest, General, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
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    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Cambridge
    Subjects:
    History, History of Science: General Interest, General, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
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    William Whewell (1794–1866) was born the son of a Lancaster carpenter, but his precocious intellect soon delivered him into a different social sphere. Educated at a local grammar school, he won a scholarship to Cambridge, and began his career at Trinity College in 1812; he went on to be elected a fellow of Trinity in 1817 and Master in 1841. An acquaintance of William Wordsworth and a friend of Adam Sedgwick, his professional interests reflected a typically nineteenth-century fusion of religion and science, ethics and empiricism. Published in 1876, and written by the mathematician and fellow of St John's College, Isaac Todhunter (1820–84), this biography combines a narrative account of Whewell's life and achievements with extracts taken from his personal correspondence. Volume 2 contains a selection of his correspondence with scholars including Herschel and Lyell, revealing much about the conflicts, debates and friendships that shaped nineteenth-century academic life.

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