Newton, Maclaurin, and the authority of mathematics

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Authors Judith V. Grabiner

Publication date 1 June 2010

Published in The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://scholarship.claremont.edu/pitzer_fac_pub/120

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50)

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