‘Juglers or Schollers?’: negotiating the role of a mathematical practitioner

DOI10.1017/S000708749800329XMaRDI QIDQ4241272zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Katherine Hill

Publication date 29 July 1999

Published in BJHS. The British Journal for the History of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/S000708749800329X

zbMATH Keywords

Delamain, Richardmathematical practiceOughtred, William

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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