Space: a history. New York: Oxford University Press.

New York, NY, USA: Oxford University Press (2020)
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An edited collection of essays by leading scholars on the history of the concept of space in Western science and philosophy. Figures discussed include Euclid, Plato, Aristotle, Proclus, Ibn al-Haytham, Oresme, Kepler, Descartes, Newton, Leibniz, Berkeley and Kant. Contributors include Barbara Sattler, Marije Martijn, Edith Sylla, Andrew Janiak, Michael Friedman, Gary Hatfield, etc.

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Andrew Janiak
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