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... contributions were mainly to astronomy and trigonometry ; Italy's pre - eminence lay in the development of algebra . France did not show her real strength till the end of the sixteenth century when Vieta , and later , Descartes , Pascal ...
... contributions were mainly to astronomy and trigonometry ; Italy's pre - eminence lay in the development of algebra . France did not show her real strength till the end of the sixteenth century when Vieta , and later , Descartes , Pascal ...
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... contributions to statics , a science which had lain dormant since the days of Archimedes . Both these will be described in due course . Here we shall consider his contributions to algebra and arithmetic , contributions which were both ...
... contributions to statics , a science which had lain dormant since the days of Archimedes . Both these will be described in due course . Here we shall consider his contributions to algebra and arithmetic , contributions which were both ...
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... contributions and those of their successors will be described presently . Pierre Simon Laplace ( 1749–1827 ) was educated at the Military School at Beaumont , in Normandy , where later he taught mathematics . In 1767 , mainly through ...
... contributions and those of their successors will be described presently . Pierre Simon Laplace ( 1749–1827 ) was educated at the Military School at Beaumont , in Normandy , where later he taught mathematics . In 1767 , mainly through ...
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