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

Contributor(s): Netz, Reviel (Author)

ISBN: 9780521541206

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Pub Date: September 18, 2003

Dewey: 510.938

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.79" H x 9.00" L x 6.00" W ( 1.14 lbs) 352 pages

Series: Ideas in Context

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Description: 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.

Review Quotes: "Reviel Netz has written a stimulating book about diagrams and mathematics, telling us facts that we all know, but hardly ever thought of." MAA Online

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