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.
| ISBN-13: | 9780521622790 |
| ISBN-10: | 0521622794 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publication date: | 1999-04-28 |
| Edition description: | 1 |
| Pages: | 352 |
| Product dimensions: | Height: 9 Inches, Length: 6 Inches, Weight: 1.5211896078 Pounds, Width: 0.94 Inches |
| Author: | Reviel Netz |
| Language: | en |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
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