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