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Geometry civilized: history, culture and technique, by J. L. Heilbron. Pp. 309. £35. 1998. ISBN 0 19 850078 5 (Oxford University Press).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Nick Lord
Nick Lord*
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Tonbridge School, Kent TN9 1JP
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 84 , Issue 499 , March 2000 , pp. 167 - 168
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