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   Geometrical Landscapes

   The Voyages of Discovery and the Transformation of Mathematical Practice

   Av Amir R. Alexander

   Inbunden, 2002

   911 kr

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   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 …