Herschel, Peacock, Babbage and the development of the Cambridge curriculum. Offprint

1990. Wilkes, Maurice V. Herschel, Peacock, Babbage and the development of the Cambridge curriculum. Offprint from Notes and Records of the Royal Society London 44 (1990). Without wrappers as issued. 205-219pp. 248 x 174 mm. Provenance: Maurice Wilkes. First edition, offprint issue. A brief history of the attempt by Babbage, Herschel, and Peacock to reform the teaching of mathematics at Cambridge (see no. 17). Wilkes 1999, no. 140. Origins of Cyberspace 1055.