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New light on the rediscovery of the Archimedean solids during the Renaissance

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  1. Institute for Mathematics and Computer Sciences, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

    Peter Schreiber

  2. Albertina, Vienna, Austria

    Gisela Fischer & Maria Luise Sternath

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Schreiber, P., Fischer, G. & Sternath, M.L. New light on the rediscovery of the Archimedean solids during the Renaissance. Arch. Hist. Exact Sci. 62, 457–467 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-008-0024-z

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