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Classics in the History of Greek Mathematics
Jean . Ed(S): Christianidis
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Description for Classics in the History of Greek Mathematics
Hardback. Contains a selection of 19 papers on the history of Greek mathematics that were published during the 20th century and affected significantly the state of the art of this field. This book is divided into six thematic sections and covers all the major issues of the Greek mathematical production. Editor(s): Christianidis, Jean. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 486 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; PBX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 857.
The twentieth century is the period during which the history of Greek mathematics reached its greatest acme. Indeed, it is by no means exaggerated to say that Greek mathematics represents the unique field from the wider domain of the general history of science which was included in the research agenda of so many and so distinguished scholars, from so varied scientific communities (historians of science, historians of philosophy, mathematicians, philologists, philosophers of science, archeologists etc. ), while new scholarship of the highest quality continues to be produced. This volume includes 19 classic papers on the history of Greek mathematics that ... Read more
The twentieth century is the period during which the history of Greek mathematics reached its greatest acme. Indeed, it is by no means exaggerated to say that Greek mathematics represents the unique field from the wider domain of the general history of science which was included in the research agenda of so many and so distinguished scholars, from so varied scientific communities (historians of science, historians of philosophy, mathematicians, philologists, philosophers of science, archeologists etc. ), while new scholarship of the highest quality continues to be produced. This volume includes 19 classic papers on the history of Greek mathematics that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
Series
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Number of Pages
474
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402000812
SKU
V9781402000812
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Reviews for Classics in the History of Greek Mathematics
From the reviews: In Classics in the History of Greek Mathematics, Christianidis has provided a very useful collection of papers that encompass many of these changes. Here one can find Unguru's original papers (and the angry responses they elicited), discussions of the supposed "crisis of foundations", papers on the origin of Greek axiomatics, on geometry and "algebra". The ... Read more