Sir William Rowan Hamilton

By: Thomas L. Hankins

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Paperback | 14 August 2004

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496 Pages

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This insightful and painstakingly researched biography details the intriguing life of Sir William Rowan Hamilton, the nineteenth-century mathematician who changed the course of modern algebra with his discovery of quaternions in 1843. Although Hamilton's work was largely theoretical, his theories and innovations came to have invaluable practical applications with the advent of quantum mechanics in the twentieth century. In addition to analyzing the major contributions Hamilton made to the fields of mathematics and theoretical physics, Thomas L. Hankins investigates all facets of Hamilton's life to draw a complete picture of a man passionate about literature and classical scholarship, a man whose religious beliefs and strong convictions guided him in everything he did.

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""Hankins's treatment of Hamilton's works is always clear and concise. His biography displays a mastery of the technical details of Hamilton's mathematics as well as an understanding of the origins of Hamilton's ideas... This biography is extraordinarily well written and a pleasure to read.""

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