Descartes' unification of algebra and geometry

In Stephen Gaukroger (ed.), Descartes: Philosophy, Mathematics and Physics. Barnes & Noble. pp. 156--68 (1980)
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Two episodes in the unification of logic and topology.E. R. Grosholz - 1985 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 36 (2):147-157.

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