Mathematician:Walter William Rouse Ball

Mathematician
English mathematician, lawyer, and amateur magician.

Best known for his accounts of the history of mathematics.

Nationality
English

History

 * Born: 14 August 1850 in Hampstead, London, England
 * Died: 4 April 1925 in Elmside, Cambridge, England

Publications

 * 1876: Student's guide to the Bar
 * 1888: A Short Account of the History of Mathematics
 * 1889: A History of the Study of Mathematics at Cambridge


 * 1892:
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 * 1896:
 * 1905:
 * 1911:
 * 1914:
 * 1917:
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 * 1920:
 * 1922:
 * 1939: (with )
 * 1974: (with )


 * 1908: A History of the First Trinity Boat Club


 * 1920: String Figures
 * 1921: String Figures (2nd ed.)
 * 1929: String Figures (3rd ed.)
 * 1971: Fun with String Figures (reprint of 3rd ed.)