Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 352 pages
- Published by: Cambridge University Press September 18, 2003
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0521541204
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0521541206
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Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Product Review
' a necessary read for anyone interested in the history of Greek mathematics but will also be interesting to a wider audience, particularly philosophers of science and intellectual historians Netz has made an important contribution to intellectual history and has asked a diverse set of questions whose answers, while difficult, will broaden our understanding of the development of deductive practices.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review 'This is a fascinating and stimulating book '. Journal of Hellenic Studies ' his views are sure not only to stimulate some interesting debates outside the philosophical community but also to give philosophers of science an exotic fruit to sink their teeth into.' Philosophical Writings ' very well written almost every sentence, indeed next to every clause, carries a message that asks for the reader's active thought. It can safely be recommended as s must to anybody who is genuinely interested in the relation between Greek mathematics and logic ' Studia Logica
Product Review
"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
"a novel workGreek intellectual culture will be of interest to many classicistsNetz has made an important contribution to intellectual history and has asked a diverse set of questions whose answers, while difficult, will broaden our understanding of the development of deductive practices." Daryn Lehoux, University of Toronto
"Netz's book has made this reviewer look at Greek mathematics with new eyes, and it will certainly provoke further thought and discussion. Netz is to be thanked for a stimulating contribution to an important topic." Isis
"It's a first-contribution to intellectual history also an enjoyable book.The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics will be of interest, not just to historians of mathematics, but to mathematicians and philosophers seeking to understand the aims and achievements of mathematics today." Philosophia Mathematica
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