The Harvest of Optics: Descartes, Mydorge, and their paths to a theory of refraction

DOI10.1080/00033790.2022.2026479MaRDI QIDQ6557149zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Robert Goulding

Publication date 18 June 2024

Published in Annals of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of optics and electromagnetic theory (78-03)

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