Format:
1 online resource (xvi, 523 pages)
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Illustrationen, Diagramme
ISBN:
9781108982801
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9781108833844
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9781108987202
Content:
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.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Sep 2022)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108833844
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Netz, Reviel, 1968 - A new history of Greek mathematics Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2022 ISBN 9781108833844
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108987202
Language:
English
Subjects:
Mathematics
Keywords:
Mathematik
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Griechenland
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Geschichte
DOI:
10.1017/9781108982801
DOI:
10.1017/9781108982801
Author information:
Netz, Reviel 1968-
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