| John Wallis Mathematician (23-Nov-1616 — 28-Oct-1703) SUBJECT OF BOOKS
Douglas M. Jesseph. Squaring the Circle: The War Between Hobbes and Wallis. University of Chicago Press. 1999. 419pp. J. F. Scott. The Mathematical Work of John Wallis (1616-1703): D.D., F.R.S.. London: Taylor and Francis. 1938. 240pp.
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