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One of the most imaginative mathematicians of the nineteenth century, Sir William Rowan Hamilton (1805--1865) changed the course of modern algebra with his discovery of quaternions in 1843. Although Hamilton's work was largely theoretical, his ideas came to have invaluable practical applications with the advent of quantum mechanics in the twentieth century. In this acclaimed biography, Thomas L. Hankins brings together the many aspects of Hamilton's life and work -- from his significant contributions to mathematics, optics, and mechanics to his passion for metaphysics, poetry, and politics -- fully portraying the brilliant man whose faith and idealism guided him in everything he did.
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reviewed Sir William Rowan Hamilton: A Biography on May 13, 2016 Sir William Rowan Hamilton
I so wanted to enjoy this book, but gosh it's a slog. A real kitchen sink of a biography. The author can't leave out a single, minute detail. In his obsession to cram in every little fact, he loses touch with what made Earl Warren so great. This book needs much less information and much more insight. The first half, to Warren's appointment as chief justice, is worse than the second half, which features explanations of his judicial philosophy, his leadership of the court, and factual back stories of the big cases: Brown v. Board of Education, Baker v. Carr, Mapp v. Ohio, and others. Still, in the second half I wanted to quit reading several times and instead pushed on when the book was pivoting, as when Warren finally buckled under President Johnson's forceful pressure to chair the commission investigating President Kennedy's assassination. Bottom line: Earl Warren deserves a much better biography than this.
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