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The shaping of deduction in Greek mathematics : a study in cognitive history /
This book provides a way into understanding a momentous development in human intellectual history: the phenomenon of deductive argument in classical Greek mathematics. The argument rests upon a close description of the practices of Greek mathematics, principally the use of lettered diagrams and the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1999.
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| Colección: | Ideas in context ;
51. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book provides a way into understanding a momentous development in human intellectual history: the phenomenon of deductive argument in classical Greek mathematics. The argument rests upon 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 327 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-322) and index. |
| ISBN: | 051101743X 9780511017438 0511035292 9780511035296 0511149808 9780511149801 0511050534 9780511050534 0521622794 9780521622790 9780511543296 0511543298 |