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|a Alexander, Amir R.
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|a Geometrical landscapes :
|b the voyages of discovery and the transformation of mathematical practice /
|c Amir R. Alexander.
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|a Stanford, Calif. :
|b Stanford University Press,
|c c2002.
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|a xv, 293 p. :
|b ill. ;
|c 24 cm.
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|a Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-282) and index.
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|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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|a Mathematics
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|y 16th century.
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|a Discoveries in geography
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