Legendre’s Revolution (1794): The Definition of Symmetry in Solid Geometry

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Archive for History of Exact Sciences 59 (2):107-155 (2005)
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From proportion to balance: the background to symmetry in science.Giora Hon & Bernard R. Goldstein - 2005 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 36 (1):1-21.

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