Benjamin Wardhaugh, Gunpowder and Geometry: The Life of Charles Hutton, Pit Boy, Mathematician, and Scientific Rebel. London: William Collins, 2019. pp. 312. ISBN 978-0-0082-9995-8. £20.00/$39.99 (hardback) [Book Review]

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