- Hardcover: 429 pages
- Publisher: Lehigh University Press (January 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0934223939
- ISBN-13: 978-0934223935
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 16 x 3.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 748 g
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Benjamin Peirce gained international prominence in nineteenth-century American science from his work on the perturbationsof Neptune. He played an important role in the education of many American scientists. The intellectual tradition in Peirce s family is apparent from his feminist mother and scholarly father and climaxes in Peirce s son, Charles, perhaps the most exceptional mind the United States has yet produced.
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About the Author
Edward R. Hogan retired from East Stroudsburg University where he taught mathematics.
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An elegant read, April 3 2009
By Lynn Kay Brown - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Of the Human Heart: A Biography of Benjamin Peirce (Hardcover)
Dr. Hogan has researched this book perfectly and has seen to it that every detail is absolutely accurate. His writing style is elegant and this work is a delight to read. Definitely worth the effort!
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Ned Hogan's first book, Jan 11 2009
By John C. Pooley - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Of the Human Heart: A Biography of Benjamin Peirce (Hardcover)
This is an excellently researched and written biography of an early American mathmetician. Think "John Adams". It is not only for math geeks as it includes life experiences outside the math world.
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A look into the life of a great mind and a great man, Dec 7 2008
By Midwest Book Review - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Of the Human Heart: A Biography of Benjamin Peirce (Hardcover)
At the tail end of the Enlightenment, there were still many monumental science advances. "Of the Human Heart" tells of one of America's most prominent scientific minds in the nineteenth century. Benjamin Peirce worked hard towards improving the lives of Americans through his various scientific advances and work, starting at Harvard at only the age of sixteen, and his accolades have brought him across many sciences from mathematics to astronomy to geology, among others. A look into the life of a great mind and a great man, "Of the Human Heart" is worthy acquisition for any community library or college library collection dedicated to the history of science.
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