Geometrical landscapes : the voyages of discovery and the transformation of mathematical practice /

Main Author: Alexander, Amir R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2002.
Subjects:
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245 1 |a Geometrical landscapes :  |b the voyages of discovery and the transformation of mathematical practice /  |c Amir R. Alexander. 
260 1 |a Stanford, Calif. :  |b Stanford University Press,  |c c2002. 
300 1 |a xv, 293 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 1 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-282) and index. 
505 8 |a Machine generated contents note: 1. Prologue: The Origins of the Exploration Narrative -- 2. Breaking Alien Coastlines -- 3. Mathematical Empires -- 4. Seeing the Truth: Hariot and the Structure of Matter -- 5. "The Club of Hercules": Hariot's Mathematical Atomism -- 6. Navigating Mathematical Oceans -- Conclusion. 
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650 8 |a Discoveries in geography 
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