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Science > Physics |
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"Sam Wormley" |
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03 Aug 2005 10:01:44 PM |
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William Rowan Hamilton |
William Rowan Hamilton: mathematical genius (Aug 3)
http://physicsweb.org/article/world/18/8/7
This year Ireland celebrates the bicentenary of the mathematician
William Rowan Hamilton, best remembered for "quaternions" and for his
pioneering work on optics and dynamics
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| Title: Re: William Rowan Hamilton |
03 Aug 2005 10:58:19 PM |
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Sam Wormley wrote:
William Rowan Hamilton, best remembered for "quaternions"
Correct, it is what he's best remembered for. But his actual best
accomplishment was in cleaning up Clerk-Maxwell's turgid presentation
in his EM book.
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