John Playfair on British decline in mathematics
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Publication:3519301
DOI10.1080/17498430802037830zbMath1148.01005WikidataQ58603174 ScholiaQ58603174MaRDI QIDQ3519301
Publication date: 14 August 2008
Published in: BSHM Bulletin: Journal of the British Society for the History of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/17498430802037830
01A55: History of mathematics in the 19th century
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