The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics
Subtitle: A Study in Cognitive History (Ideas in Context)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: September 18, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9780521541206
Subjects: Ancient Western philosophy to c 500; History of ideas, intellectual history; History of mathematics; History of science; Philosophy of science; Science/Mathematics; Logic; Mathematics; Philosophy; Ancient Greece; General; History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical; Mathematics / General; Mathematics : General; Mathematics, Greek; Philosophy / Ancient; History & Philosophy
First sentence: That diagrams play a crucial role in Greek mathematics is a fact often alluded to in the modern literature, but little discussed.