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The language of physics: the calculus and the development of theoretical physics in Europe, 1750-1914, by Elizabeth Garber. Pp. xix + 399. SFr 118 / DM 138. 1998. ISBN 3-7643-4039-8 (Birkhäuser)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Chris Pritchard
Chris Pritchard*
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McLaren High School, Callander FK17 8JH
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 84 , Issue 501 , November 2000 , pp. 534 - 543
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