
Masters of Theory - Cambridge and the Rise of Mathematical Physics PDF
Andrew WarwickWhen Isaac Newton published the Principia three centuries ago, only a few scholars were capable of understanding his conceptually demanding work. Yet this esoteric knowledge quickly became accessible in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries when Britain produced many leading mathematical physicists. In this book, Andrew Warwick shows how the education of these masters of theory led them to transform our understanding of everything from the flight of a boomerang to the structure of the universe. Warwick focuses on Cambridge University, where many of the best physicists trained. He begins by tracing the dramatic changes in undergraduate education there since the eighteenth century, especially the graduai emergence of the private tutor as the most important teacher of mathematics. Next he explores the material culture of mathematics instruction, showing how the humble pen and paper so crucial to this study transformed everything from classroom teaching to final examinations. Balancing their intense intellectual work with strenuous physical exercise, the students themselves-known as the Wranglers-helped foster the competitive spirit that drove them in the classroom and informed the Victorian ideal of a many student. Finally, by investigating several historical cases, such as the reception of Albert Einsteins special and general theories of relativity, Warwick shows how the production, transmission, and reception of new knowledge was profoundly shaped by the skips taught to Cambridge undergraduates. Drawing on a wealth of new archivai evidence and illustration, Masters of Theory examines the origins of a cultural tradition within which the complex world of theoretical physics was made commonplace.
Mar 17, 2005 ... Masters of Theory: Cambridge and the Rise of Mathematical Physics. By Andrew Warwick (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2003) 572 pp. Sep 20, 2016 ... Warwick Andrew, Masters of theory: Cambridge and the rise of mathematical physics,. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, ISBN 0-226- ...
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Department of Applied Mathematics and … About the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. The Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) is one of two Mathematics Departments at the University of Cambridge, the other being the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics (DPMMS). The two Departments together constitute the Faculty of Mathematics, and are responsible …

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