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The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics: A Study in Cognitive History - Ideas in Context
Netz, Reviel (Stanford University, California)
The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics: A Study in Cognitive History - Ideas in Context
Netz, Reviel (Stanford University, California)
This book provides a way into understanding a momentous development in human intellectual history: the phenomenon of deductive argument in classical Greek mathematics. The argument rests upon a close description of the practices of Greek mathematics, principally the use of lettered diagrams and the regulated, formulaic use of language.
352 pages, 2 tables
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | March 11, 1999 |
ISBN13 | 9780521622790 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 352 |
Dimensions | 236 × 159 × 30 mm · 678 g |
Series Editor | Daston, Lorraine |
Series Editor | Ross, Dorothy |
Series Editor | Skinner, Quentin |
Series Editor | Tully, James |
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