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

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics :
Reminder of title:	A Study in Cognitive History.
Author:	Netz, Reviel.
Published:	Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,1999.
Description:	351 p.
Series:	Ideas in Context, 51
Subject:	Mathematics, Greek.
Online resource:	Click here to view book
ISBN:	9780511543296 (electronic bk.)

The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics :A Study in Cognitive History.
Netz, Reviel.

The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics :A Study in Cognitive History.[electronic resource]. - Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,1999. - 351 p. - Ideas in Context, 51.

Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; The Greek alphabet; Note on the figures; Introduction; A specimen of Greek mathematics; CHAPTER 1 The lettered diagram; CHAPTER 2 The pragmatics of letters; CHAPTER 3 The mathematical lexicon; CHAPTER 4 Formulae; CHAPTER 5 The shaping of necessity; CHAPTER 6 The shaping of generality; CHAPTER 7 The historical setting; APPENDIX The main Greek mathematicians cited in the book; Bibliography; Index; Ideas in Context

This book provides a way into understanding a momentous development in human intellectual history: the phenomenon of deductive argument in classical Greek mathematics. The argument rests upon a close description of the practices of Greek mathematics, principally the use of lettered diagrams and the regulated, formulaic use of language.

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ISBN: 9780511543296 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

189537
Mathematics, Greek.
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214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: QA27.G8 N47 1999eb

Dewey Class. No.: 510/.938

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