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

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

Ideas in Context

Reviel Netz

352 pages first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction mathematics challenging informative medium-paced
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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, pri...

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