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      Scale, Space and Canon in Ancient Literary Culture

      Reviel Netz (Stanford University, California)

      How many authors were there in antiquity? Where did they work? How was the ‘canon’ made? This book provides an account of ancient culture in terms of such quantifiable questions…

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      The Transformation of Mathematics in the Early Mediterranean World: From Problems to Equations

      Reviel Netz (Stanford University, California)

      This book analyzes the historical transformation of early mathematics, from a Greek practice based on the localized solution to an Islamic practice based on the systematic approach. The transformation is…

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      The Transformation of Mathematics in the Early Mediterranean World: From Problems to Equations

      Reviel Netz (Stanford University, California)

      This book analyzes the historical transformation of early mathematics, from a Greek practice based on the localized solution to an Islamic practice based on the systematic approach. The transformation is…

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      The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics: A Study in Cognitive History

      Reviel Netz (Stanford University, California)

      This book provides a way into understanding the phenomenon of deductive argument in classical Greek mathematics. The argument rests upon the use of lettered diagrams and the regulated, formulaic use…

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      The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics: A Study in Cognitive History

      Reviel Netz (Stanford University, California)

      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…

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      Ludic Proof: Greek Mathematics and the Alexandrian Aesthetic

      Reviel Netz (Stanford University, California)

      This book describes the relationship between science and poetry in the Hellenistic period by analysing the stylistic features of Hellenistic mathematics and then showing how they can be understood within…

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      Ludic Proof: Greek Mathematics and the Alexandrian Aesthetic

      Reviel Netz (Stanford University, California)

      This book describes the relationship between science and poetry in the Hellenistic period by analysing the stylistic features of Hellenistic mathematics and then showing how they can be understood within…

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      A New History of Greek Mathematics

      Reviel Netz (Stanford University, California)

      A comprehensive history of Greek mathematics (pure and applied, including the history of astronomy) from its beginnings to its legacy in Byzantium, Islamic science and the scientific revolution. Explores comparative…

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