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This text presents an account of the argument between Thomas Hobbes and John Wallis, from the core mathematics to the broader issues. Their battle of the books illuminates the relationship between science and 17th-century debates over the limits of sovereign power and the existence of God.

Squaring the Circle The War between Hobbes and

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 01/01/2000
      ISBN13: 9780226399003, 978-0226399003
      ISBN10: 0226399001
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      Mathematics Philosophy of mathematics History of science

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      Book Synopsis
      This text presents an account of the argument between Thomas Hobbes and John Wallis, from the core mathematics to the broader issues. Their battle of the books illuminates the relationship between science and 17th-century debates over the limits of sovereign power and the existence of God.

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