The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics: A Study in Cognitive History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521541206)

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
ISBN-10: 0521541204
ISBN-13: 9780521541206
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/18/2003
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.79d