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The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics: A Study in Cognitive History (Ideas in Context, Series Number 51) by Netz, Reviel. is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics: A Study in Cognitive History (Ideas in Context, Series Number 51) about?
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.
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- Author
- Netz, Reviel.
- Publisher
- Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, 1999.
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780511172007
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Mathematics, Philosophy, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
Other editions & translations
- The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics: A Study in Cognitive History (Ideas in Context) (2003)
- The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics: A Study in Cognitive History (Ideas in Context) (1999)
- The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics: A Study in Cognitive History (Ideas in Context) (2008)
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