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The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics : A Study in Cognitive History (Ideas in Context)
The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics A Study in Cognitive History - Ideas in Context Author:Reviel Netz 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.