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William Whewell (1794–1866) was born the son of a Lancaster carpenter, but his precocious intellect soon delivered him into a different social sphere. Educated at a local grammar school, he won a scholarship to Cambridge, and began his career at Trinity College in 1812; he went on to be elected a fellow of Trinity in 1817 and Master in 1841. An acquaintance of William Wordsworth and a friend of Adam Sedgwick, his professional interests reflected a typically nineteenth-century fusion of religion and science, ethics and empiricism. Published in 1876, and written by the mathematician and fellow of St John's College, Isaac Todhunter (1820–84), this biography combines a narrative account of Whewell's life and achievements with extracts taken from his personal correspondence. Volume 1 covers his sermons and early poetry, as well as his work on tides, moral philosophy and mechanics, and his celebrated study of the inductive sciences.

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Book category Books in English Biography & True Stories Biography: general Biography: science, technology & medicine

• Full title: William Whewell, D.D., Master of Trinity College, Cambridge
• Subtitle: An Account of his Writings; with Selections from his Literary and Scientific Correspondence
• Author: Isaac TodhunterWilliam Whewell
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 454
• EAN: 9781108038539
• ISBN: 1108038530
• ID: 02057174
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 570 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 08. November 2011

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