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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, principally the use of lettered diagrams and the... read more
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First Sentence edit
That diagrams play a crucial role in Greek mathematics is a fact often alluded to in the modern literature, but little discussed.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Reviel Netz (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 510.938
Subjects edit
- Books › Science › Mathematics › Pure Mathematics › Logic
- Books › Nonfiction › Philosophy › Greek & Roman
- Books › Nonfiction › Philosophy › Logic & Language
- Books › Professional & Technical › Professional Science › Mathematics
- Books › Nonfiction › Philosophy › Ancient
- Books › History › Europe › Greece
- Books › Science › History & Philosophy
- Books › Medicine
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