The Discoveiy of Wonders: Reading between the Lines of John Wallis's Arithmetica infinitorum

Archive for History of Exact Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-28

  Stedall, Jacqueline A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33747140387     PISSN: 00039519     EISSN: 14320657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004070100040     Document Type: Article

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