Geometrical landscapes : the voyages of discovery and the transformation of mathematical practice / Amir R. Alexander.

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Main Author: Alexander, Amir R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2002.
Series:Writing science ; [1]
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-282) and index. 
505 0 |a Prologue: the origins of the exploration narrative -- Breaking alien coastlines -- Mathematical empires -- Seeing the truth: Hariot and the structure of matter -- "The club of Hercules": Hariot's mathematical atomism -- Navigating mathematical oceans. 
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