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Hopkins, William |
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Hopkins, William, 1793–1866, English geologist. Hopkins studied mathematics at Cambridge, and then supported himself as a private mathematics tutor. Many of England's best mathematicians and mathematical physicists of the time were his students. In his early forties he became interested in geology. He proposed mathematical models of shifts of the earth's crust, of the nature of the earth's interior, of the transport of erratic boulders, and of the causes of climatic change. Modern geologists have discarded Hopkins's original conclusions, but his application of mathematics remains a valuable contribution to geological methods. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo are here, but so are Gerard Manley Hopkins, William Butler Yeats, and Shakespeare. And, two, King said he'd like to play a role - the key role, of course - in a heavyweight tournament similar to the middleweight tournament involving Felix Trinidad, Bernard Hopkins, William Joppy and Keith Holmes that culminates with a Trinidad-Hopkins bout in September. Online Board of Directors include: Halsey Minor, Kevin Wendle and Shelby Bonnie from CNET, and Dale Hopkins, William Keenan and Greg Brannan from E |
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