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Author Alexander, Amir.

Title Geometrical landscapes : the voyages of discovery and the transformation of mathematical practice / Amir R. Alexander.

Publication Info. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2002]
©2002
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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  QA24 .A54 2002    Available  ---
Description xv, 293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Writing science ; 1
Writing science ; 1.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-282) and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Mathematics -- History -- 16th century.
Mathematics.
History.
Chronological Term 16th century
Subject Mathematics -- History -- 17th century.
Chronological Term 17th century
Subject Discoveries in geography.
Discoveries in geography.
ISBN 0804732604 cloth alkaline paper

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