Galileo's quanti: understanding infinitesimal magnitudes

DOI10.1007/S00407-013-0124-2MaRDI QIDQ2015047zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Tiziana Bascelli

Publication date 18 June 2014

Published in Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-013-0124-2

zbMATH Keywords

infinitesimalsGalileiTorricelliindivisibiliawheel paradox

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45)

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