The Myth of Gauss' Experiment on the Euclidean Nature of Physical Space

DOI10.1086/350941zbMath0259.01010OpenAlexW2063604373MaRDI QIDQ5675676

Arthur I. Miller

Publication date: 1972

Published in: Isis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1086/350941

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of geometry (51-03)

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