Tom Whiteside
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See also: Thomas Whiteside (disambiguation)
Derek Thomas Whiteside FBA (23 July 1932 – 22 April 2008[3]) was a British historian of mathematics.
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Tom Whiteside | |
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Born | (1932-07-23)23 July 1932 Blackpool, England |
Died | 22 April 2008(2008-04-22) (aged 75) Wokingham, England |
Awards | Koyré Medal (1968) FBA (1975) George Sarton Medal (1977)[1] |
Scientific career | |
Thesis | Patterns of mathematical thought in the later seventeenth century (1961) |
Doctoral advisor | Richard Braithwaite Michael Hoskin[2] |
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