Hobbes's model of refraction and derivation of the sine law

DOI10.1007/s00407-020-00265-wzbMath1473.01021OpenAlexW3097940035MaRDI QIDQ2029470

Hao Dong

Publication date: 3 June 2021

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-020-00265-w

zbMATH Keywords

sine lawrefraction of lightTractatus opticus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45)

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