Article ID: CBB000029060

The 1740 resolution of the Fermat-Descartes controversy (1989)

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Description Discusses the work of Pietro Di Martino on the differences between the hypotheses and results of Fermat and Descartes concerning the law of refraction of light.


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Authors & Contributors
Schagrin, Morton L.
Cantor, Geoffrey N.
Zuidervaart, Huib
Wetzels, Walter D.
Wade, Nicholas J.
Petry, Michael John
Journals
Transactions of the International Congress on the Enlightenment
Synthese
Perspectives on Science
Nuncius: Annali di Storia della Scienza
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Journal of the History of Ideas
Publishers
Springer
Oxford University Press
Olschki
L'Harmattan
Concepts
Optics
Telescopes
Color
Perspective
Science and art
Vision
People
Newton, Isaac
Lambert, Johann Heinrich
Eastland, William
Taylor, Brook
Stevin, Simon
Smith, Robert
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
17th century
Enlightenment
21st century
20th century, early
Places
England
Netherlands
Dublin (Ireland)
Italy
France
Paris (France)
Institutions
Dollond and Aitchison (firm)
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