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A New History of Greek Mathematics (Hardcover)
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A New History of Greek Mathematics (Hardcover)
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The ancient Greeks played a fundamental role in the history of
mathematics and their ideas were reused and developed in subsequent
periods all the way down to the scientific revolution and beyond.
In this, the first complete history for a century. Reviel Netz
offers a panoramic view of the rise and influence of Greek
mathematics and its significance in world history. He explores the
Near Eastern antecedents and the social and intellectual
developments underlying the subject's beginnings in Greece in the
fifth century BCE. He leads the reader through the proofs and
arguments of key figures like Archytas, Euclid and Archimedes, and
considers the totality of the Greek mathematical achievement which
also includes, in addition to pure mathematics, such applied fields
as optics, music, mechanics and, above all, astronomy. This is the
story not only of a major historical development, but of some of
the finest mathematics ever created.
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