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The Man Who Flattened the Earth by Mary Terrall

The University of Chicago Press, 2002, 408 pages, ISBN 0-226-79360-5 (cloth) $48

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    Andrew J. Simoson

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Simoson, A.J. The Man Who Flattened the Earth by Mary Terrall . Math Intelligencer 32, 69–72 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-010-9145-8

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