"Underground Mathematics tells the story of a forgotten discipline: subterranean geometry. Through vivid case studies, it tells how geometry was used in metallic mines, from surveying to mapmaking, by practitioners using esoteric manuscripts. The book contextualizes in a non-technical way how a culture of accuracy and quantification developed in early modern Europe"--
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"Underground Mathematics tells the story of a forgotten discipline: subterranean geometry. Through vivid case studies, it tells how geometry was used in metallic mines, from surveying to mapmaking, by practitioners using esoteric manuscripts. The book contextualizes in a non-technical way how a culture of accuracy and quantification developed in early modern Europe"--
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