Tom Whiteside
Tom Whiteside | |
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| Born | 23 July 1932 Blackpool, England |
| Died | 22 April 2008 (aged 75) Wokingham, England |
| Education | Bristol University St Catherine's College, Cambridge |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Thesis | Patterns of mathematical thought in the later seventeenth century (1961) |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael Hoskin |
Derek Thomas "Tom" Whiteside FBA (23 July 1932 – 22 April 2008) was a British historian of mathematics best known for his studies of the mathematics of Isaac Newton. He was a professor at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of the British Academy, and he was awarded both of the highest lifetime achievement awards in the field of history of science: the Alexandre Koyré Medal (1968) and the George Sarton Medal (1977).