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RefNoMS/931/28
LevelFile
TitleNotes on history of science and mathematics by Derek Thomas Whiteside
Date1980s
DescriptionResearch notes and copies of articles on a variety of subjects, including on Keplerian orbits, on the half-globe set in Isaac Newton's Westminster Abbey tomb, on magic cubes and other topics. Material copied and sent to Adolf Prag.

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.
Extent1 file
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionOn paper
AccessStatusOpen
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