The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics: A Study in Cognitive History

Author/Contributor(s):	Netz, Reviel
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Date:	09/18/2003
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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.