The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics: A Study in Cognitive History (Ideas in Context)
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (779 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0521541204 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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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 . "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 answ
"The practice of Greek mathematics" according to Jordan Bell. In the preface, Netz says that this book extends and revises his PhD thesis, and indeed this book reads like a PhD thesis. It is more of a manifesto than a handbook. The history of mathematics would be well served by Netz writing a handbook of Greek mathematical practice, explaining from scratch (however incompletely) the notions used fro. Very interesting book. For someone who likes the history of science and mathematics is a lovely book. We lost throughout history the way of thinking of the Greek mathematicians. This book brings to light these issues in a clear way. Prof. Yehoshafat Shafee Give'on said This is indeed a study in cognitive history. A very interesting and important book for the understanding of the role of Greek mathematics in the development of Science as a (public) Knowledge Product. The statement "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."
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.