The Jesuits and the method of indivisibles

DOI10.1007/s10699-017-9525-zzbMath1398.01013OpenAlexW2591715233MaRDI QIDQ1616121

David Sherry

Publication date: 31 October 2018

Published in: Foundations of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-017-9525-z

zbMATH Keywords

PascalGalileoEuclidinfinitesimalsindivisiblesCavalieriBarrowEucharistJesuit scienceTorricelli

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of real functions (26-03) History of geometry (51-03)

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