Distinctions of Reason and Reasonable Distinctions: The Academic Life of John Wallis (1616–1703)

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An intellectual biography of John Wallis (1616-1703), professor of mathematics at Oxford. Despite war, church upheaval, and a revolution in science, Wallis advanced mathematics and natural philosophy within the university, bridging old and new.

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