Review: Symbols and things: material mathematics in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by Kevin Lambert

Deborah Kent

doi:10.1007/s00283-025-10421-1

Review: Symbols and things: material mathematics in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by Kevin Lambert

Deborah Kent^*

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Review of: Symbols and Things: Material Mathematics in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries by Kevin Lambert, University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 2021, 329 pp., $60.00.

Original language	English
Number of pages	4
Journal	Mathematical Intelligencer
Volume	Online First
Early online date	25 May 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-025-10421-1
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 25 May 2025

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