Shifting the foundations: Descartes's transformation of ancient geometry
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Publication:1227569
DOI10.1016/0315-0860(76)90004-5zbMath0332.01005OpenAlexW1991607142MaRDI QIDQ1227569
Publication date: 1976
Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(76)90004-5
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