Introduction

Arianna Borrelli

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-50215-1_1

Introduction

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Introduction. / Borrelli, Arianna.
The Optics of Giambattista Della Porta (ca. 1535–1615): A Reassessment. ed. / Arianna Borrelli; Giora Hon; Yaakov Zik. Springer Nature AG, 2017. p. 1-10 (Archimedes; Vol. 44).

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Harvard

Borrelli, A 2017, Introduction. in A Borrelli, G Hon & Y Zik (eds), The Optics of Giambattista Della Porta (ca. 1535–1615): A Reassessment. Archimedes, vol. 44, Springer Nature AG, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50215-1_1

APA

Borrelli, A. (2017). Introduction. In A. Borrelli, G. Hon, & Y. Zik (Eds.), The Optics of Giambattista Della Porta (ca. 1535–1615): A Reassessment (pp. 1-10). (Archimedes; Vol. 44). Springer Nature AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50215-1_1

Vancouver

Borrelli A. Introduction. In Borrelli A, Hon G, Zik Y, editors, The Optics of Giambattista Della Porta (ca. 1535–1615): A Reassessment. Springer Nature AG. 2017. p. 1-10. (Archimedes). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-50215-1_1

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