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Lazare and Sadi Carnot: A Scientific and Filial Relationship by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Raffaele Pisano

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Pellegrino, E.M. Lazare and Sadi Carnot: A Scientific and Filial Relationship by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Raffaele Pisano. Math Intelligencer 42, 91–100 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-019-09957-w

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