The Reception of Newton's Gravitational Theory by Huygens, Varignon, and Maupertuis: How Normal Science may be Revolutionary

DOI10.1162/106361403322495876zbMath1330.01036OpenAlexW2160546133MaRDI QIDQ3467780

Koffi Maglo

Publication date: 4 February 2016

Published in: Perspectives on Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1162/106361403322495876

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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