Why historical research needs mathematicians now more than ever

DOI10.1007/978-3-031-40855-7_4MaRDI QIDQ6623904zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Viktor Blåsjö

Publication date 24 October 2024

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40855-7_4

zbMATH Keywords

cognitive historyhistory of mathematicsinternalist historiographyphotorealism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Historiography (01A85)

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