Sir William Rowan Hamilton

by Thomas L. Hankins

Book Overview

One of the most imaginative mathematicians of the nineteenth century, Sir William Rowan Hamilton (1805-1865) changed the course of modern algebra with his discovery of quaternions in 1843. Although Hamilton's work was largely theoretical, his ideas came to have invaluable practical applications with the advent of quantum mechanics in the twentieth century. In this acclaimed biography, Thomas L. Hankins brings together the many aspects of Hamilton's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801869730
• ISBN13: 9780801869730
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.4"