Liberation of Algebra, The

Synopsis: Looks at the work of William Rowan Hamilton in Dublin and George Boole in Cork. Uses Hamilton’s discovery of quaternions to Booles’ The Laws of Thought’, as the foundations for work in the fields of astrophysics and computer design.
Series: Topics in the History of Mathematics, Course Ma290
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.
Year of production: 1987
Availability: Out of distribution; 2000 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Notes: Reviewed by David E Kullman in ‘Science Books & Films’, Vol 25 no 5, (May/Jun 90).
Subjects: Mathematics
Keywords: Boole, George; Hamilton, William Rowan; history of mathematics

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