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Title Mobius and his band : mathematics and astronomy in nineteenth-century Germany / edited by John Fauvel, Raymond Flood, and Robin Wilson.

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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	510.943 M713	---	Available

Description	172 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [162]-163) and index.
Contents	A Saxon mathematician / John Fauvel -- The German mathematical community / Gert Schubring -- The astronomical revolution / Allan Chapman -- Mobius's geometrical mechanics / Jeremy Gray -- The development of topology / Norman Biggs -- Mobius's modern legacy / Ian Stewart.
Subject	Mobius, August Ferdinand, 1790-1868.
	Mathematics -- Germany -- History -- 19th century.
	Astronomy -- Germany -- History -- 19th century.
	Mathematicians -- Germany -- Biography
	Astronomers -- Germany -- Biography.
Added Author	Fauvel, John.
	Flood, Raymond.
	Wilson, Robin J.
ISBN	019853969X