On mathematical towers of Babel and ``translation as an epistemic category

DOI10.1007/s00283-020-09969-xzbMath1503.01011OpenAlexW3014937858MaRDI QIDQ2154147

Michael Friedman

Publication date: 14 July 2022

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-020-09969-x

zbMATH Keywords

modelsinterpretationsdescriptive geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55)

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