The discoveries and insights of ancient mathematics continue to amaze and fascinate the modern reader. This volume offers the first accessible survey of the discipline in all its variety and diversity of practices.
The discoveries and insights of ancient mathematics continue to amaze and fascinate the modern reader. This volume offers the first accessible survey of the discipline in all its variety and diversity of practices.
Abbreviations. Map. Introduction. 1. Early Greek Mathematics: The Evidence 1.1. Materila Evidence 1.2 .Historians, Playwrights and Lawyers 1.3. Plato 1.4. Aristotle 2. Early Greek Mathematics; The Questions 2.1. The Problem of Political Mathematics 3. Hellenistic Mathematics: The Evidence 3.1. Material Evidence 3.2. Non-Mathematical Authors - The Rest of the World 3.3. Non-Mathematical Authors - The Philosophers 3.4. Little People 3.5. Euclid 3.6. Archimedes 3.7. Apollonius 4. Hellenistic Mathematics: The Questions 4.1. The Problem of the Real Euclid 4.2. The Problem of the Birth of a Mathematical Community 5. Graeco-Roman Mathematics: The Evidence 5.1. Material Evidence 5.2 Vitruvius 5.3. Hero 5.4. The Other Romans 5.5. The Other Greeks 6. Graeco-Roman Mathematics: The Questions 6.1. The Problem of Greek vs. Roman Mathematics 6.2. The Problem of Pure vs. Applied Mathematics 7. Late Ancient Mathematics: The Evidence 7.1. Material Evidence 7.2. Diophantus 7.3. Pappus 7.4. Eutocius 7.5. The Philosophers 7.6. The Rest of the World 8. Late Ancient Mathematics: The Questions 8.1. The Problem of Divine Mathematics 8.2. The Problem of Ancient Histories of Ancient Mathematics Glossary. Bibliography.
Abbreviations. Map. Introduction. 1. Early Greek Mathematics: The Evidence 1.1. Materila Evidence 1.2 .Historians, Playwrights and Lawyers 1.3. Plato 1.4. Aristotle 2. Early Greek Mathematics; The Questions 2.1. The Problem of Political Mathematics 3. Hellenistic Mathematics: The Evidence 3.1. Material Evidence 3.2. Non-Mathematical Authors - The Rest of the World 3.3. Non-Mathematical Authors - The Philosophers 3.4. Little People 3.5. Euclid 3.6. Archimedes 3.7. Apollonius 4. Hellenistic Mathematics: The Questions 4.1. The Problem of the Real Euclid 4.2. The Problem of the Birth of a Mathematical Community 5. Graeco-Roman Mathematics: The Evidence 5.1. Material Evidence 5.2 Vitruvius 5.3. Hero 5.4. The Other Romans 5.5. The Other Greeks 6. Graeco-Roman Mathematics: The Questions 6.1. The Problem of Greek vs. Roman Mathematics 6.2. The Problem of Pure vs. Applied Mathematics 7. Late Ancient Mathematics: The Evidence 7.1. Material Evidence 7.2. Diophantus 7.3. Pappus 7.4. Eutocius 7.5. The Philosophers 7.6. The Rest of the World 8. Late Ancient Mathematics: The Questions 8.1. The Problem of Divine Mathematics 8.2. The Problem of Ancient Histories of Ancient Mathematics Glossary. Bibliography.
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