A Prodigy of Universal Genius : Robert Leslie Ellis, 1817-1859.

By: Verburgt, Lukas MMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science SeriesPublisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2022Copyright date: �2022Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (459 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783030852580Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Prodigy of Universal Genius: Robert Leslie Ellis, 1817-1859LOC classification: B1-5802Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Acknowledgments and Permissions -- Introduction -- Robert Leslie Ellis: Life and Work -- Structure of the Book -- Contents -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- Part I: Chapters -- Chapter 1: From Bath to Cambridge: The Early Life and Education of Robert Leslie Ellis -- 1.1 Classical Tuition -- 1.2 The World of the Bath Literati -- 1.3 Ellis the Diarist -- 1.4 Ellis at Cambridge -- 1.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 2: "A Senior Wrangler Among Senior Wranglers": The Mathematical Education of Robert Leslie Ellis -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Thomas Stephens Davies (c.1794-1851) -- 2.3 Ellis's Mathematical Development (1827-1834) -- 2.4 Cambridge, 1836-1840 -- 2.4.1 Tuition -- 2.4.2 Coaching -- 2.5 Examinations -- Chapter 3: Ellis's Character, John Grote and the Cambridge Network -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Obituarising the Man -- 3.3 Approaching Knowledge -- 3.4 The Making of the Man -- 3.5 Character: The Man as Made -- 3.6 Ellis and the Rising Tide of Doubt -- 3.7 'A Galaxy of Great Men': The Cambridge Network -- 3.8 Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Robert Leslie Ellis as Editor and Contributor to Mathematical Journals -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Undergraduate -- 4.3 The Cambridge Mathematical Journal -- 4.3.1 Ellis's Juvenilia -- 4.3.2 Algebra and Geometry -- 4.3.3 Differential Equations and Multiple Integrals -- 4.3.4 Editorship -- 4.4 The British Association, and After -- 4.4.1 Ellis's Report on Analysis -- 4.5 Epilogue -- Chapter 5: Ellis on Mathematical Statistics and Probability -- 5.1 Ellis and Least Squares in 1844 -- 5.2 Ellis and the Foundations of Probability in 1842 -- 5.3 Back to Least Squares in 1850 -- 5.4 Ellis and Mathematical Statistics -- Chapter 6: Ellis's Philosophy and Bacon Scholarship -- 6.1 Origins: Whewell and the Trinity Circle -- 6.2 Philosophy at Bath, 1834-1836 -- 6.3 Philosophy at Cambridge, 1836-1840.
6.4 Ellis's Philosophy in the 1840s-50s -- Chapter 7: Robert Leslie Ellis: An Almost Perfect Moral Nature -- 7.1 The Transcendence of Mathematical Knowing -- 7.2 Maintaining Transcendence Through History -- 7.3 Defending Transcendent Truth -- 7.4 Conclusion -- Part II: Manuscripts -- Chapter 8: Ellis's Papers in Trinity College, Cambridge -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Provenance and Archival History -- 8.3 The Diaries -- 8.4 Correspondence -- 8.5 Notebooks and Miscellaneous Notes -- 8.6 Concluding Remarks -- Diaries -- Note to the Reader -- Selected Diaries -- Letters -- Note to the Reader -- List of Selected Letters -- Selected letters -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: Bibliography of Ellis's Writings -- Mathematics -- Philosophy -- Miscellaneous -- Appendix 2: Chronological List of Ellis's Mathematical Reading -- Appendix 3: Chronological List of Ellis's Diaries -- General Bibliography -- Index.
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Intro -- Acknowledgments and Permissions -- Introduction -- Robert Leslie Ellis: Life and Work -- Structure of the Book -- Contents -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- Part I: Chapters -- Chapter 1: From Bath to Cambridge: The Early Life and Education of Robert Leslie Ellis -- 1.1 Classical Tuition -- 1.2 The World of the Bath Literati -- 1.3 Ellis the Diarist -- 1.4 Ellis at Cambridge -- 1.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 2: "A Senior Wrangler Among Senior Wranglers": The Mathematical Education of Robert Leslie Ellis -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Thomas Stephens Davies (c.1794-1851) -- 2.3 Ellis's Mathematical Development (1827-1834) -- 2.4 Cambridge, 1836-1840 -- 2.4.1 Tuition -- 2.4.2 Coaching -- 2.5 Examinations -- Chapter 3: Ellis's Character, John Grote and the Cambridge Network -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Obituarising the Man -- 3.3 Approaching Knowledge -- 3.4 The Making of the Man -- 3.5 Character: The Man as Made -- 3.6 Ellis and the Rising Tide of Doubt -- 3.7 'A Galaxy of Great Men': The Cambridge Network -- 3.8 Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Robert Leslie Ellis as Editor and Contributor to Mathematical Journals -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Undergraduate -- 4.3 The Cambridge Mathematical Journal -- 4.3.1 Ellis's Juvenilia -- 4.3.2 Algebra and Geometry -- 4.3.3 Differential Equations and Multiple Integrals -- 4.3.4 Editorship -- 4.4 The British Association, and After -- 4.4.1 Ellis's Report on Analysis -- 4.5 Epilogue -- Chapter 5: Ellis on Mathematical Statistics and Probability -- 5.1 Ellis and Least Squares in 1844 -- 5.2 Ellis and the Foundations of Probability in 1842 -- 5.3 Back to Least Squares in 1850 -- 5.4 Ellis and Mathematical Statistics -- Chapter 6: Ellis's Philosophy and Bacon Scholarship -- 6.1 Origins: Whewell and the Trinity Circle -- 6.2 Philosophy at Bath, 1834-1836 -- 6.3 Philosophy at Cambridge, 1836-1840.

6.4 Ellis's Philosophy in the 1840s-50s -- Chapter 7: Robert Leslie Ellis: An Almost Perfect Moral Nature -- 7.1 The Transcendence of Mathematical Knowing -- 7.2 Maintaining Transcendence Through History -- 7.3 Defending Transcendent Truth -- 7.4 Conclusion -- Part II: Manuscripts -- Chapter 8: Ellis's Papers in Trinity College, Cambridge -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Provenance and Archival History -- 8.3 The Diaries -- 8.4 Correspondence -- 8.5 Notebooks and Miscellaneous Notes -- 8.6 Concluding Remarks -- Diaries -- Note to the Reader -- Selected Diaries -- Letters -- Note to the Reader -- List of Selected Letters -- Selected letters -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: Bibliography of Ellis's Writings -- Mathematics -- Philosophy -- Miscellaneous -- Appendix 2: Chronological List of Ellis's Mathematical Reading -- Appendix 3: Chronological List of Ellis's Diaries -- General Bibliography -- Index.

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