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Geometrical landscapes: the voyages of discovery and the transformation of mathematical practice
Geometrical landscapes: the voyages of discovery and the transformation of mathematical practice
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Alexander, Amir R
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Publication Date
c2002
Language
English
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Prologue: the origins of the exploration narrative
Breaking alien coastlines
Mathematical empires
Seeing the truth: Hariot and the structure of matter
"The club of Hercules": Hariot's mathematical atomism
Navigating mathematical oceans.
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Discoveries in geography
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Mathematics
Mathematics -- History -- 16th century
Mathematics -- History -- 17th century
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9780804732604
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