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: 09/18/2003
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.79d
ISBN: 9780521541206

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