The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics

Reviel (Stanford University, California) Netz

Cambridge University Press, 2003

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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.

ISBN-13
9780521541206
ISBN-10
0521541204
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2003
Publication date
2003-09-18
Pages
352
Dimensions
154x229x22
Weight
542