Gauss and the Royal Society: The reception of his ideas on magnetism in Britain (1832—1842)
Karl Friedrich Gauss (1977—1855) was a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (from 1804) and a recipient of the Society’s Copley Medal in 1838. His magnanimous disposition to mathematics and physics in Britain is exemplified in his contacts and regular correspondence with Fellows of the Royal Society...
Published in: | Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
1983
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsnr.1983.0002 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsnr.1983.0002 |