WHY HAVE A FRONTISPIECE? EXAMPLES FROM THE MICHALOWICZ COLLECTION AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

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  • Florence D. Fasanelli ffasanel@aaas.org
    American Association for the Advancement of Science 1200 New York Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005, USA
  • V. Frederick Rickey fred-rickey@usma.edu
    Department of Mathematical Sciences United States Military Academy West Point, NY, 10996, USA

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10.47976/RBHM2007vn09

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WHY HAVE A FRONTISPIECE, EXAMPLES FROM THE MICHALOWICZ COLLECTION AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

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When Henry Savile, who was noted for his mathematical breadth and knowledge of ancient texts, initiated a series of lectures at Oxford on the Almagest of Ptolemy on October 10,
1570, he began with these words of the Roman architect Vitruvius

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2020-11-07

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FASANELLI, Florence D.; RICKEY, V. Frederick. WHY HAVE A FRONTISPIECE? EXAMPLES FROM THE MICHALOWICZ COLLECTION AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY. Revista Brasilera de História de la Matemática, [s. l.], p. 09, 2020. DOI: 10.47976/RBHM2007vn09. Disponível em: https://www.rbhm.org.br/index.php/RBHM/article/view/289. Acesso em: 19 may. 2024.