Crippa, Davide, 1976

The impossibility of squaring the circle in the 17th century: a debate among Gregory, Huygens and Leibniz/ Davide Crippa. - viii, 184 pages: illustrations (some color); 24 cm. - Frontiers in the history of science. . - Frontiers in the history of science. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-181) and index.

James Gregory and the Impossibility of Squaring the Central Conic Sections -- Leibniz's Arithmetical Quadrature of the Circle. Introduction.

9783030016371 3030016374

2018962678


Huygens, Christiaan, 1629-1695.
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716


Mathematics--History.--17th century.
Mathematics--Philosophy.

510.9 / C931i