Masters of Theory

List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgments
Note on Conventions and Sources

1 Writing a Pedagogical History of Mathematical Physics

2 The Reform Coach Teaching Mixed Mathematics in Georgian and
Victorian Cambridge

3 A Mathematical World on Paper The Material Culture and Practice-
Ladenness of Mixed Mathematics

4 Exercising the Student Body Mathematics, Manliness, and
Athleticism

5 Routh's Men Coaching, Research, and the Reform of Public Teaching

6 Making Sense of Maxwell's Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism
in Mid-Victorian Cambridge

7 Joseph Larmor, the Electronic Theory of Matter, and the Principle
of Relativity

8 Transforming the Field The Cambridge Reception of Einstein's Special
Theory of Relativity

9 Through the Convex Looking Glass A.S. Eddington and the Cambridge
Reception of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity

Epilogue: Training, Continuity, and Change

Appendix A: Coaching Success, 1865-1909
Appendix B: Coaching Lineage, 1865-1909
Bibliography
Index