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Category Archives: Physical Sciences
Leonhard Euler – Many Happy Returns
We were thrilled today to see the elegant Google doodle marking Euler’s 306th birthday.
Science (Almost) in Earnest
A recent addition to our series on the history of education is the rather wordy, three-volume Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest, by John Ayrton Paris, who was also the author of a two-volume life of Sir Humphry Davy … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Technology
Tagged education, George Cruikshank, John Ayrton Paris
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More Naval Chronicles
One of my earliest blogs was in anticipation of our reissue of the 40 volumes of the Naval Chronicle, and I followed it up a few weeks later with some comments on the extraordinarily varied content of the volumes. Now, … Continue reading
A Compendious System
In trying times for all but a few authors and their publishers, technology seems to offer new ways of getting into print (whether real or virtual). Print-on-demand, for example, makes feasible such projects as the Cambridge Library Collection (where our … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Biography, Education, Physical Sciences, Women's Writing
Tagged Charles Hutton, Joseph Banks, Margaret Bryan
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Babbage’s Calculating Engines
I think I’m right in saying that Charles Babbage (1791–1871) is the only author we have reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection whose books have covers in all three colours – red for his work on the printing industry, On … Continue reading
