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

DOI10.1080/00033790.2022.2026479zbMATH Open1547.0102MaRDI QIDQ6557149FDOQ6557149

Authors: Robert Goulding 

Publication date: 18 June 2024

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

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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