The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics: A Study in Cognitive History

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.

Author: Reviel Netz
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 11/03/1999
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.34lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.28w x 0.92d
ISBN: 9780521622790

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