The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics - A Study in Cognitive History - Reviel Netz - Paperback Bog - Cambridge University Press - 2003 -
Brand: Cambridge University Press
Description
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.
