Lost in enumeration: Leonardo da Vinci's slip-ups in arithmetic and mechanics (Q1935353)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6136584
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6136584 |
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Lost in enumeration: Leonardo da Vinci's slip-ups in arithmetic and mechanics (English)
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15 February 2013
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This article discusses some minor mathematical errors that appear in da~Vinci's works. It also describes, sometimes in wry terms, various people's attempts either to explain away or to read deeper significance into such mistakes, rather than simply to accept them as typical of the little glitches that we all make.
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Leonardo da Vinci
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pseudo-rhombicuboctahedron
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