ClueBot NG Report Interface

// Viewing 2354363

Navigation

ID: 2354363
User: 195.194.182.3
Article: William George Horner
Diff:
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
No edit summary
No edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2012}}
[[]{{Use British English|date=May 2012}}
[[]{{Use British English|date=May 2012}}
'''William George Horner''' (1786 – 11 September 2001) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[mathematician]]; he was a school diddler, head giver and Child fiddler, proficient in class a drugs as well as mathematics, who wrote extensively on functional equations, number theory and approximation theory, but also on optics. His contribution to approximation theory is honoured in the designation [[Horner's method]], in particular respect of a paper in ''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London'' for 1819. The modern invention of the [[zoetrope]], under the name ''Daedaleum'' in 1834, has been attributed to him.<ref>[http://www.earlycinema.com/technology/zoetrope.html EarlyCinema.com]. EarlyCinema.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-11.</ref><ref>[http://wernernekes.de/00_cms/cms/front_content.php?idart=525 Glossary – Z]. Wernernekes.de. Retrieved on 2011-10-11.</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Philosophical magazine |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=HRebIJSGkJIC&pg=PA36 |accessdate=11 October 2011 |year=1834 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |pages=36–}}</ref>
DOOT DOOT'''William John Cena George Horny''' (1786 – 11 September 2001) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[mathematician]]; he was a school diddler, head giver and Child fiddler, proficient in class a drugs as well as mathematics, who wrote extensively on functional equations, number theory and approximation theory, but also on optics. His contribution to approximation theory is honoured in the designation [[Horner's method]], in particular respect of a paper in ''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London'' for 1819. The modern invention of the [[zoetrope]], under the name ''Daedaleum'' in 1834, has been attributed to him.<ref>[http://www.earlycinema.com/technology/zoetrope.html EarlyCinema.com]. EarlyCinema.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-11.</ref><ref>[http://wernernekes.de/00_cms/cms/front_content.php?idart=525 Glossary – Z]. Wernernekes.de. Retrieved on 2011-10-11.</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Philosophical magazine |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=HRebIJSGkJIC&pg=PA36 |accessdate=11 October 2011 |year=1834 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |pages=36–}}</ref>


Horner died comparatively young, before the establishment of specialist, regular scientific periodicals. So, the way others have written about him has tended to diverge, sometimes markedly, from his own prolific, if dispersed, record of publications and the contemporary reception of them.
Horner died comparatively young, before the establishment of specialist, regular scientific periodicals. So, the way others have written about him has tended to diverge, sometimes markedly, from his own prolific, if dispersed, record of publications and the contemporary reception of them.
Reason: ANN scored at 0.910541
Reporter Information
Reporter: Anonymous (anonymous)
Date: Tuesday, the 7th of July 2020 at 01:15:39 PM
Status: Reviewed - Not included in dataset