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The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics: A Study in Cognitive History (Ideas in Context)

By Reviel Netz

Book information

Year
1999
ISBN
9780511017438, 9780521622790, 9780511543296, 0521622794
LCC
QA27.G8 N47 1999
Open Library ID
OL22128308M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
989 kB (1012813 bytes)
Pages
352\350
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This book provides a way to understand a momentous development in human intellectual history: the phenomenon of deductive argument in classical Greek mathematics. The argument rests on a close description of the practices of Greek mathematics, principally the use of lettered diagrams and the regulated, formulaic use of language.

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