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

Contributor(s): Netz, Reviel (Author)

ISBN: 9780521622790

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Pub Date: April 28, 1999

Dewey: 510.938

LCCN: 98-20463

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.92" H x 9.29" L x 6.28" W ( 1.34 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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