Reviel Netz

The Transformation of Mathematics in the Early Mediterranean World

From Problems to Equations

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Produktbeschreibung

An interesting interpretation of the historical trajectory of pre-modern mathematics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 306g
• ISBN-13: 9780521041744
• ISBN-10: 0521041740
• Artikelnr.: 23033164

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The problem in the world of Archimedes
2. From Archimedes to Eutocius
3. From Archimedes to Khayyam
Conclusion
References
Index.