Ancient Mathematics: Sciences of Antiquity
Autor Serafina Cuomoen Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 iul 2001
This volume offers the first accessible survey of the discipline in all its variety and diversity of practices. The period covered ranges from the fifth century BC to the sixth century AD, with the focus on the Mediterranean region. Topics include:
* mathematics and politics in classical Greece
* the formation of mathematical traditions
* the self-image of mathematicians in the Graeco-Roman period
* mathematics and Christianity
* and the use of the mathematical past in late antiquity.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780415164955
ISBN-10: 0415164958
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: 44 line drawings and 7 b&w photographs, diagrams, bibliography
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:UK edition
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Sciences of Antiquity
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0415164958
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: 44 line drawings and 7 b&w photographs, diagrams, bibliography
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:UK edition
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Sciences of Antiquity
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
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Public țintă
Postgraduate, Professional, and UndergraduateRecenzii
'Nicely written, expertly researched.' - Times Literary Supplement
'Ancient Mathematics provides a rich and diverse picture of mathematics in ancient Greece and Rome. With C. history of mathematics sheds its ahistoricity and gets its hands dirty.' - Journal of Roman Studies
'This book is engagingly written; and it is a pleasure to entrust oneself to Cuomo's choices.' - Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science
''Nicely written, expertly researched.' - Times Literary Supplement
'Ancient Mathematics provides a rich and diverse picture of mathematics in ancient Greece and Rome. With C. history of mathematics sheds its ahistoricity and gets its hands dirty.' - Journal of Roman Studies
'Ancient Mathematics provides a rich and diverse picture of mathematics in ancient Greece and Rome. With C. history of mathematics sheds its ahistoricity and gets its hands dirty.' - Journal of Roman Studies
'This book is engagingly written; and it is a pleasure to entrust oneself to Cuomo's choices.' - Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science
''Nicely written, expertly researched.' - Times Literary Supplement
'Ancient Mathematics provides a rich and diverse picture of mathematics in ancient Greece and Rome. With C. history of mathematics sheds its ahistoricity and gets its hands dirty.' - Journal of Roman Studies
Cuprins
Abbreviations. Map. Introduction. 1. Early Greek Mathematics: The Evidence 1.1. Materila Evidence 1.2 .Historians, Playwrights and Lawyers 1.3. Plato 1.4. Aristotle 2. Early Greek Mathematics; The Questions 2.1. The Problem of Political Mathematics 3. Hellenistic Mathematics: The Evidence 3.1. Material Evidence 3.2. Non-Mathematical Authors - The Rest of the World 3.3. Non-Mathematical Authors - The Philosophers 3.4. Little People 3.5. Euclid 3.6. Archimedes 3.7. Apollonius 4. Hellenistic Mathematics: The Questions 4.1. The Problem of the Real Euclid 4.2. The Problem of the Birth of a Mathematical Community 5. Graeco-Roman Mathematics: The Evidence 5.1. Material Evidence 5.2 Vitruvius 5.3. Hero 5.4. The Other Romans 5.5. The Other Greeks 6. Graeco-Roman Mathematics: The Questions 6.1. The Problem of Greek vs. Roman Mathematics 6.2. The Problem of Pure vs. Applied Mathematics 7. Late Ancient Mathematics: The Evidence 7.1. Material Evidence 7.2. Diophantus 7.3. Pappus 7.4. Eutocius 7.5. The Philosophers 7.6. The Rest of the World 8. Late Ancient Mathematics: The Questions 8.1. The Problem of Divine Mathematics 8.2. The Problem of Ancient Histories of Ancient Mathematics Glossary. Bibliography.
Descriere
The discoveries and insights of ancient mathematics continue to amaze and fascinate the modern reader. This volume offers the first accessible survey of the discipline in all its variety and diversity of practices.