The Mathematician's Apprenticeship: Science, Universities and Society in England 1560-1640 |
Contents
Preface page vii | 1 |
The statutes | 23 |
the teaching | 45 |
the student | 86 |
The scientific community and its connections with Oxford | 122 |
Gresham College and its role in the genesis of London | 166 |
The mechanism of patronage | 190 |
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