The shaping of deduction in Greek mathematics :: a study in cognitive history /

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...

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Main Author: Netz, Reviel
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Series:Ideas in context ; 51.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 327 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-322) and index.
ISBN:051101743X
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