The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics By Reviel Netz

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History of science

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Wordery

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Cambridge university press

The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics : Cambridge University Press : 9780521541206 : 0521541204 : 18 Sep 2003 : 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.

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