Ludic Proof
Subtitle: Greek Mathematics and the Alexandrian Aesthetic
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780511539978
Subjects: Technical writing; Greek language, Hellenistic (300 B.C.-600 A.D.); Greek Mathematics
Description: Describes the relationship between science and poetry in the Hellenistic period, transforming our understanding of the origins of Western mathematics.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 The carnival of calculation; Chapter 2 The telling of mathematics; Chapter 3 Hybrids and mosaics; Chapter 4 The poetic interface; Conclusions and qualifications; Bibliography; Index.