Thomas Harriot: A Life in Science 9780190271879, 9780190271855, 2018024943, 0190271876

As Robyn Arianrhod shows in this new biography, the most complete to date, Thomas Harriot was a pioneer in both the figu

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Thomas Harriot: A Life in Science
9780190271879, 9780190271855, 2018024943, 0190271876

Combining firsthand scholarship and material drawn from the Jefferson Papers, Willard Sterne Randall calls on his skills

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