Of the Human Heart: A Biography of Benjamin Peirce

by Edward R. Hogan

Overview

Benjamin Peirce gained international prominence in nineteenth-century American science from his work on the perturbations
of Neptune. He played an important role in the education of many American scientists. The intellectual tradition in Peirce’s family is apparent from his feminist mother and scholarly father and climaxes in Peirce’s son, Charles, perhaps the most exceptional mind the United States has yet produced.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781611460469
Publisher:	University Press Copublishing Division
Publication date:	01/01/2008
Pages:	429
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Edward R. Hogan retired from East Stroudsburg University where he taught mathematics.

Table of Contents

Preface     9
Acknowledgments     11
Hurrah for Young America     15
The Father of American Geometry     28
The Finest Lady in Northampton     49
The Voice of God     63
The Feeling of Mutual Goodwill     95
A Prince of the Humbugs     122
As the Tree Grows Towards Heaven     142
No Idea of an Observatory     165
A Stranger in My Own Land     189
This Holy Cause     203
Every Drop of Blood     217
We Shall Always Be Boys Together     240
A Public Functionary     256
My Most Precious Pearls     281
My Best Love     306
Appendices     341
Notes     346
Bibliography     402
Index     419