Geometry, religion and politics: context and consequences of the Hobbes-Wallis dispute

DOI10.1098/RSNR.2018.0026zbMATH Open1420.01005OpenAlexW2896121981WikidataQ129159886 ScholiaQ129159886MaRDI QIDQ5378986FDOQ5378986

Authors: Douglas Jesseph 

Publication date: 27 May 2019

Published in: Notes and Records: the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsnr.2018.0026

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zbMATH Keywords

geometrymethod of indivisiblesmathematical proofsquadrature of the circlemathematical dispute

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of geometry (51-03)

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