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History and Philosophy: Augustus De Morgan

• Augustus De Morgan at Mac Tutor [St. Andrews University]
• 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
• Obituary [The Times of London]
• Augustus De Morgan by Leslie Stephen [Dictionary of National Biography, 14]
• Memoir of Augustus De Morgan by Sophia Elizabeth De Morgan [London: Longmans, Green, 1882]
• WORKS:
  • Remarks on Elementary Education in Science: An Introductory Lecture Delivered at the Opening of the Classes of Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry, in the University of London, November 2, 1830 by Augustus De Morgan [London: John Taylor, 1830]
  • The Connexion of Number and Magnitude: An Attempt to Explain the Fifth Book of Euclid by Augustus De Morgan [London: Taylor and Walton, 1836]
  • An Explanation of the Gnomonic Projection of the Sphere; and of Such Points of Astronomy as are Most Necessary in the Use of Astronomical Maps by Augustus De Morgan [London: Baldwin & Craddock, 1836]
  • Elements of Algebra Preliminary to the Differential Calculus by Augustus De Morgan [London: Taylor and Walton, 1837]
  • Elements of Trigonometry and Trigonometrical Analysis, Preliminary to the Differential Calculus by Augustus De Morgan [London: Taylor and Walton, 1837]
  • An Essay on Probabilities and on their application to Life Contingencies and Insurance Offices by Augustus De Morgan [London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1838]
  • Induction by Augustus De Morgan (article in The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Vol. XIV, p. 465 (1838). A more readable modern typesetting may be found at The De Morgan Journal 1, 1 (2011). This was the first modern account of mathematical induction.)
  • First Notions of Logic (Preparatory to the Study of Geometry) by Augustus De Morgan [London: Taylor and Walton, 1839]
  • The Globes, Celestial and Terrestrial by Augustus De Morgan [London: Malby, 1845] "This work ... describes only the appearances of the heavens, without any reference to their producing causes: it is therefore independent of all systems , and might even be approved by believers in the stability of the earth, if there be any left."
  • Arithmetical Books from the Invention of Printing to the Present Time, being Brief Notices of a Large Number of Works Drawn Up from Actual Inspection by Augustus De Morgan [London: Taylor and Walton, 1847]
  • Formal Logic; or The Calculus of Inference, Necessary and Probable by Augustus De Morgan [London: Taylor and Walton, 1847]
  • Trigonometry and Double Algebra by Augustus De Morgan [London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly, 1849] "The term double algebra ... means algebra in which each symbol stands for an object of thought having two distinct and independent qualities ... If by the application of a somewhat startling adjective, any of those who are still bewildered by an art in which impossible quantities are made objects of reasoning should become aware that the art has become a science, and the impossibilities possible, they, at least, will have no objection to the phrase."
  • On the Difficulty of Correct Description of Books [1853] by Augustus De Morgan [Chicago: Blue Sky, 1902]
  • Syllabus of a Proposed System of Logic by Augustus De Morgan [London: Walton and Maberly, 1860]
  • The Quadrature of the Circle: Correspondence between an Eminent Mathematician [Augustus De Morgan] and James Smith, Esq. [London: Simpkin & Marshall, 1861] Smith evidently believed the value of pi to be exactly 3.125, and was astonished at the hostile reception which this idea received.
  • The Book of Almanacs, with an Index of Reference, by which the almanac may be found for every year, whether in Old Style or New, from any epoch, ancient or modern, up to A.D. 2000, with means of finding the day of any new or full moon from B.C. 2000 to A.D. 2000 by Augustus De Morgan [London: Walton, 1871]
  • A Budget of Paradoxes by Augustus De Morgan [London: Longmans, Green, 1872]
    • Review of a Budget of Paradoxes by W. K. Clifford [The Academy 4, No. 78, (1873 August 15)]
  • Threescore Years and Ten: Reminiscences of the Late Sophia Elizabeth De Morgan, To Which are Added Letters To and From Her Husband the Late Augustus De Morgan, and Others edited by Mary A. De Morgan [London: Bentley, 1895]
  • On the Study and Difficulties of Mathematics by Augustus De Morgan [Chicago: Open Court, 1898]
  • Elementary Illustrations of the Differential and Integral Calculus by Augustus De Morgan [Chicago: Open Court, 1899]

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