A New History of Greek Mathematics

ISBN-13: 9781108833844 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 500 str.

California) Netz Reviel (Stanford University

Opis

Engaging and comprehensive history of Greek mathematics, with full attention to social contexts and its place in world history.

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Recenzje

'In A New History of Greek Mathematics, Netz presents a bold narrative of Greek mathematics. His is not simply an account of Greek geometry or a chronicle of individual mathematicians and their work. It is a new history of western science.' Liba Taub, Times Literary Supplement

Spis treści

1. To the Threshold of Greek Mathematics; 2. The Generation of Archytas; 3. The Generation of Archimedes; 4. Mathematics in the World; 5. Mathematics of the Stars; 6. The Canonization of Greek Mathematics; 7. Into Modern Science: The Legacy of Greek Mathematics.