Geometry, analysis, and the baptism of slaves: John West in Scotland and Jamaica
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Publication:1386711
DOI10.1006/hmat.1997.2174zbMath0899.01011OpenAlexW2042110638WikidataQ60164112 ScholiaQ60164112MaRDI QIDQ1386711
Publication date: 15 November 1998
Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/hmat.1997.2174
Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of real functions (26-03) History of geometry (51-03)
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