Alma Mater 2 Volume Paperback Set : Or, Seven Years at the University of Cambridge (Cambridge Library Collection - Cambridge)

Wright, John Martin Frederick

Cambridge University Press（2010/06発売）

• ページ数 616 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781108014373
• DDC分類 378.4265909034

Full Description

John Martin Frederick Wright offers a lively account of Cambridge University in Alma Mater; Or, Seven Years at the University of Cambridge. Published anonymously in 1827, Wright's two-volume work captures the triumphs and tribulations of undergraduate life at Cambridge, based upon his own years as an aspiring mathematician at Trinity College. The two volumes cover Wright's undergraduate years and his later experiences as a private tutor, together with copies of examinations and lists of scholarships available at all the colleges. Wright dedicated his career as a writer and private tutor to helping students succeed at university, and Alma Mater is designed to offer parents and aspiring students insight into the preparations, intellectual as well as financial, necessary for achievement. A spirited defence of Cambridge traditions in the face of broader educational reforms, Alma Mater also brings to life a period of intense intellectual activity in British mathematics.

Contents

Volume I: Preface; Alma mater; Newton; Chapel; Trinity library; Lectures; Characters; Examinations. Volume II: Fellowship examination; Scholarship examination; Recreation; Senate-House examination; Advice to parents; The critics; Conclusion.