John Pell (1611-1685) and His Correspondence with Sir Charles Cavendish: The Mental World of an Early Modern Mathematician
- ISBN-10
- 0198564848
- ISBN-13
- 9780198564843
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 657
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press on Demand
- Authors
- John Pell, Noel Malcolm, Jacqueline Stedall
Description
This authoritative work on the 17th-century mathematician John Pell contains new and detailed biographical material and the complete Pell-Cavendish correspondence.
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