Reviel Netz

Gebundenes Buch

The Transformation of Mathematics in the Early Mediterranean World

From Problems to Equations

Beschreibung

A radically new interpretation of the historical trajectory of pre-modern mathematics.

Autor

Reviel Netz is Associate Professor in the Department of Classics at Stanford University. He has published widely in the field of Greek mathematics: The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics: A Study in Cognitive History (1999) was runner-up for the Runciman Prize for 2000, and he is currently working on a complete English translation of and commentary on the works of Archimedes, the first volume of which was published in 2003. He has also written a volume of Hebrew poetry and an historical study of barbed wire.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9780521829960
• ISBN-10: 0521829968
• Artikelnr.: 21721569