Descartes opticien: The construction of the law of refraction and the manufacture of its physical rationales, 1618–29

Descartes' Natural Philosophy

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 258-312

  Schuster, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203463017-19     Document Type: Chapter

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