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List of Illustrations vii
Preface and Acknowledgments ix
Note on Conventions and Sources xiii
1 Writing a Pedagogical History of Mathematical Physics 1
2 The Reform Coach Teaching Mixed Mathematics in Georgian and
Victorian Cambridge 49
3 A Mathematical World on Paper The Material Culture and Practice-
Ladenness of Mixed Mathematics 114
4 Exercising the Student Body Mathematics, Manliness, and
Athleticism 176
5 Routh's Men Coaching, Research, and the Reform of Public
Teaching 227
6 Making Sense of Maxwell's Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism
in Mid-Victorian Cambridge 286
7 Joseph Larmor, the Electronic Theory of Matter, and the Principle
of Relativity 357
8 Transforming the Field The Cambridge Reception of Einstein's Special
Theory of Relativity 399
9 Through the Convex Looking Glass A. S. Eddington and the Cambridge
Reception of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity 443
Epilogue: Training, Continuity, and Change 501
Appendix A: Coaching Success, 1865-1909 512
Appendix B: Coaching Lineage, 1865-1909 524
Bibliography 527
Index 549
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Mathematical physics History 19th century, University of Cambridge History 19th century