It was a most exciting occasion
when
presented ICMS with a collection
of antiquarian books during the
Tumour Growth workshop reception.
Professor Boag recalled fondly how
he had bought the books over a
number of years after scouring the
second-hand bookshops. The
collection includes:
| I Newton | The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy In Two Volumes Translated into English by Andrew Motte (Benjamin Motte, London 1729) |
| I Newton | Universal Arithmetick, or a Treatise of Arithmetical Composition and Resolution Translated by Messrs Ralphson and Cunn (W Johnston, London 1769) |
| J - L Lagrange | Théorie des Fonctions Analytiques (Courcier, Paris 1813) |
| S D Poisson | Traité de Mécanique In Two Volumes (Bachelier, Paris 1833) |
Participants at ICMS workshops are now watched by a portrait of Professor P G Tait, painted by an eminent Glasgow artist, Harrington Mann (1897), which hangs on the conference room wall. Professor Tait was a life long friend and collaborator of James Clerk Maxwell and Lord Kelvin and his portrait complements those of James Clerk Maxwell and his family. Professor Tait's portrait was donated to the James Clerk Maxwell Foundation by Jans Hogel, the Consul of Denmark, and his wife Carol.
ICMS is most grateful to a number of people and organisations who have donated gifts, in particular Cambridge University Press, John Wiley & Son, and Oxford University Press, who have donated new books for the library.
ICMS also acknowledges the continuing support of the following organisations: