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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Gorham, Geoffrey, editor.

Title: The language of nature : reassessing the mathematization of natural philosophy in the 17th century / Geoffrey Gorham [and three others], editors.

Description: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2016] | Series: Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; volume 20 | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015036898 | ISBN 978-0-8166-9950-6 (hc) | ISBN 978-0-8166-9989-6 (pb)

Subjects: LCSH Physics—Philosophy—History—17th century. | Physics—Philosophy. Mathematics—Philosophy—History—17th century. | Mathematics—Philosophy.

Classification: LCC QC7 .L224 2016 | DDC 530.15—dc23

LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov2015036898