Some Account of the Public Life, and a Selection from the Unpublished Writings, of the Earl of Macartney Volume 1

Name: Some Account of the Public Life, and a Selection from the Unpublished Writings, of the Earl of Macartney
Author: John Barrow

Auteur: John Barrow

Taal: Engels

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Uitgever: Cambridge University Press

Auteur: John Barrow George Macartney

Co-auteur: Sir John Barrow Lord George Macartney

Engels
Paperback
9781108026192
17 februari 2011
626 pagina's

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John Barrow

Professor John D. Barrow FRS has been a Professor of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge since 1999, carrying out research in mathematical physics, with special interest in cosmology, gravitation, particle physics and associated applied mathematics.

Since its inception in 1999 John Barrow has been the director of the Millennium Mathematics Project which aims to improve the understanding and appreciation of mathematics and its applications amongst young people and the general public. This has born fruit with the Project's receiving the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Educational Achievement in 2005. Further to this, he has received many awards and prizes for his own research in mathematics and astronomy, including the Locker Prize for Astronomy and the 2006 Templeton Prize.

He is the author of over 420 articles and 19 books, translated in 28 languages, exploring the wider historical, philosophical and cultural ramifications of developments in mathematics, physics and astronomy.

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George Macartney (1737–1806) had a long and distinguished political and diplomatic career. He held the post of Secretary for Ireland, was successively governor of Grenada, Madras and the Cape Colony, and served as trade envoy to Russia and China. The son of an Irish landowner, Macartney rose in his profession through diligent diplomacy, perseverance, ambition and integrity; he gradually advanced in both the British and Irish peerage. This two-volume biography by Sir John Barrow, who had accompanied Macartney to China and the Cape, was first published in 1807, and draws heavily on official documents from Macartney's periods in office. Volume 1 contains a chronological account of Macartney's professional life, focusing particularly on the challenges he faced while Governor of Madras in the 1780s, including military threats, wrangling over fiscal policies, the extension of Fort St George, and plans for a Madras police force.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 17 februari 2011
Aantal pagina's: 626
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Hoofdauteur: John Barrow
Tweede Auteur: George Macartney
Co Auteur: Lord George Macartney
Hoofduitgeverij: Cambridge University Press

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Product breedte: 170 mm
Product hoogte: 32 mm
Product lengte: 244 mm
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Verpakking breedte: 170 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 32 mm
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Historisch

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Nieuwe tijd (1500-1800)

Moderne tijd (1800-1945)

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Taal: Engels
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