References for Pedro Nunes

Version for printing
  1. J M L de Azcona, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

Books:

  1. A Fontoura da Costa, Pedro Nunez (Lisbon, 1938).
  2. R Guimaräes, Sur la vie et l'oeuvre de Pedro Nunez (Coimbra, 1915).

Articles:

  1. W G L Randles, Pedro Nunes and the Discovery of the Loxodromic Curve, or How, in the 16th Century, Navigating with a Globe had Failed to Solve the Difficulties Encountered with the Plane Chart, Revista da Universidade Coimbra 35 (1989), 119-130.
  2. Tj S Visser, From Nunez to Gudermann (loxodromy and logarithm) (Dutch), Euclides (Groningen) 48 (9) (1972/73), 358-360.
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