Underground Mathematics

Underground Mathematics

Craft Culture and Knowledge Production in Early Modern Europe

Morel, Thomas

Cambridge University Press

12/2022

258

Dura

Inglês

9781009267304

15 a 20 dias

Introduction; 1. Of scholars and miners; 2. A mathematical culture: the art of setting limits; 3. The mines and the court; 4. Writing it down: innovation, secrecy, and print; 5. 'So fair a subterraneous city': mapping the underground; 6. How to teach it?: finding the right direction; 7. 'One of geometry's nicest applications': crafting the Deep-George tunnel (1771-1799); Conclusion.
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