The Shaping Of Deduction In Greek Mathematics: A Study In Cognitive History (ideas In Context)
by Reviel Netz /
1999 / English / PDF
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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.
