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Geometrical Landscapes: The Voyages of Discovery and the Transformation of Mathematical Practice (Writing Science)
Geometrical Landscapes The Voyages of Discovery and the Transformation of Mathematical Practice - Writing Science
Author: Amir Alexander
This challenging book argues that a new way of speaking of mathematics and describing it emerged at the end of the sixteenth century. Leading mathematicians like Hariot, Stevin, Galileo, and Cavalieri began referring to their field in terms drawn from the exploration accounts of Columbus and Magellan. As enterprising explorers in search of treas...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780804732604
ISBN-10: 0804732604
Publication Date: 7/29/2002
Pages: 312
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Stanford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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