Description | Letters on the editing of Sir Isaac Newton's mathematical papers and on history of science and personal topics. This file includes background on the examination of Whiteside's doctoral thesis and letters of the historian and mathematician Dr Michael Hoskin.
Derek Thomas 'Tom' Whiteside FBA (1932-2008), British historian of mathematics and authority on Isaac Newton.
Adolf Prag (1906-2004) mathematics master and Librarian at Westminster School. Proofreader and commentator on Whiteside's editions of Isaac Newton. |