by Reviel Netz (Author)
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.
Number of Pages: 352
Dimensions: 0.79 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: September 18, 2003