The Transformation of Mathematics in the Early Mediterranean World: From Problems to Equations (Cambridge Classical Studies) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Transformation of Mathematics in the Early Mediterranean World: From Problems to Equations (Cambridge Classical Studies) Book

An interesting interpretation of the historical trajectory of pre-modern mathematics. The transformation of mathematics from ancient Greece to the medieval Arab-speaking world is here approached by focusing on a single problem proposed by...Read More

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  • Book Description

    The transformation of mathematics from ancient Greece to the medieval Arab-speaking world is here approached by focusing on a single problem proposed by Archimedes and the many solutions offered. From a practice of mathematics based on the localized solution (and grounded in the polemical practices of early Greek science) we see a transition to a practice of mathematics based on the systematic approach (and grounded in the deuteronomic practices of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages). A radically new interpretation is thereby offered of the historical trajectory of pre-modern mathematics.

  • 0521041740
  • 9780521041744
  • Reviel Netz
  • 10 September 2007
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 212
  • 1
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