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William Kingdon Clifford was a mathematician, philosopher, and consummate humanist, who was a bold Victorian proponent of ethics without religion. A close friend of many other prominent freethinkers of the period, including Moncure Conway , T.H. Huxley , and Leslie Stephen , in just 33 years of life Clifford’s impact was large.
William Clifford was an English mathematician who studied non-euclidean geometry arguing that energy and matter are simply different types of curvature of space. He introduced what is now called a Clifford algebra which generalises Grassmann's exterior algebra. View five larger pictures.
Death and legacy. In 1876, Clifford suffered a breakdown, probably brought on by overwork. He taught and administered by day, and wrote by night. A half-year holiday in Algeria and Spain allowed him to resume his duties for 18 months, after which he collapsed again.
William Kingdon Clifford (born May 4, 1845, Exeter, Devon, England—died March 3, 1879, Madeira Islands, Portugal) was a British philosopher and mathematician who, influenced by the non-Euclidean geometries of Bernhard Riemann and Nikolay Lobachevsky, wrote “ On the Space-Theory of Matter” (1876).
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The Story of William and Lucy Clifford 1845-1929. This is the first biography of the mathematical genius and his literary wife. The story of their lives, works and friendships reflects the intellectual excitement and the social structure of the age in which they lived.
Nov 17, 2021 · When the trailer for the live-action “Clifford the Big Red Dog” was released last November, internet fans were surprised by what they saw: A photorealistic version of their favorite red canine.
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Nov 15, 2021 · The main character in the newly released ‘Clifford the Big Red Dog’ doesn’t actually exist. To bring the dog to life, production turned to two puppeteers and put them in a massive 75-pound ...
