The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics by Reviel Netz, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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. | The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics by Reviel Netz, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters