Gerald James Whitrow was a British mathematician, cosmologist and science historian. After completing school at Christ's Hospital, he obtained a scholarship at Christ Church, Oxford in 1930, earning his first degree in 1933, the MA in 1937, and the PhD in 1939. At Oxford he worked on an alternative theory of relativity with Professor Edward Arthur Milne.

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  • Gerald James Whitrow was a British mathematician, cosmologist and science historian. After completing school at Christ's Hospital, he obtained a scholarship at Christ Church, Oxford in 1930, earning his first degree in 1933, the MA in 1937, and the PhD in 1939. At Oxford he worked on an alternative theory of relativity with Professor Edward Arthur Milne. After the war, he taught at the Imperial College, London, first as a Lecturer, then as Reader of Applied Mathematics (1951), and as Professor of the History of Mathematics in 1972. Following his 1979 retirement, he was Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Fellow of the Imperial College. For much of his life he was a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, and in 1971 he was among the founders of the British Society for the History of Science. His main contributions were in the fields of cosmology and astrophysics, but his interests included the history and philosophy of science, with a particular focus on the concept of time. Among his publications, The Natural Philosophy of Time received special attention.
  • Ultimati gli studi al Christ's Hospital ottenne una borsa di studio al collegio Christ's Church, in Oxford, nel 1930, conseguendo la laurea in matematica ("first degree") nel 1933, il master ("MA") nel 1937 e il dottorato ("PhD") nel 1939. A Oxford lavorò su una teoria alternativa alla relatività di Albert Einstein con Arthur Milne. Dopo la guerra divenne "lecturer" all' Imperial College di Londra nel 1945 e successivamente "reader" in matematica applicata nel 1951 e professore di storia della matematica nel 1972. Ritiratosi dall'insegnamento nel 1979, fu professore emerito e "Senior Research Fellow" all' Imperial College. Per gran parte della vita membro della Royal Astronomical Society, fu, nel 1971, tra i fondatori della British Society for the History of Science, la Società Britannica per la Storia delle Scienze. I suoi principali contributi furono nel campo della cosmologia e astrofisica ma i suoi interessi inclusero la storia e la filosofia della scienza, in particolare il concetto di tempo. Tra le sue pubblicazioni, particolare attenzione ricevette The Natural Philosophy of Time.
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  • Gerald James Whitrow was a British mathematician, cosmologist and science historian. After completing school at Christ's Hospital, he obtained a scholarship at Christ Church, Oxford in 1930, earning his first degree in 1933, the MA in 1937, and the PhD in 1939. At Oxford he worked on an alternative theory of relativity with Professor Edward Arthur Milne.
  • Ultimati gli studi al Christ's Hospital ottenne una borsa di studio al collegio Christ's Church, in Oxford, nel 1930, conseguendo la laurea in matematica ("first degree") nel 1933, il master ("MA") nel 1937 e il dottorato ("PhD") nel 1939. A Oxford lavorò su una teoria alternativa alla relatività di Albert Einstein con Arthur Milne.
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