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Piero the Mathematician
1480

Piero the Mathematician

Renowned Italian artist, Piero della Francesca, tackles mathematics with a series of treatises about perspective and geometry. In his latter books, he proves new theorems, attempts difficult problems, and even completes an innovative research challenge: the arithmetization of geometry.



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