This book represents a new departure in science studies: an
analysis of a scientific style of writing, situating it within the
context of the contemporary style of literature. Its philosophical
significance is that it provides a novel way of making sense of the
notion of a scientific style. For the first time, the Hellenistic
mathematical corpus - one of the most substantial extant for the
period - is placed centre-stage in the discussion of Hellenistic
culture as a whole. Professor Netz argues that Hellenistic
mathematical writings adopt a narrative strategy based on surprise,
a compositional form based on a mosaic of apparently unrelated
elements, and a carnivalesque profusion of detail. He further
investigates how such stylistic preferences derive from, and throw
light on, the style of Hellenistic poetry. This important book will
be welcomed by all scholars of Hellenistic civilization as well as
historians of ancient science and Western mathematics.
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