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The Mathematics of Plato's Academy: A New Reconstruction

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 | #2460202 in Books |  1987 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.13 x1.02 x6.13l,1.47 | File type: PDF | 401 pages

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||3 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| An admirable survey of ratio theory in Greek mathematics|By Jordan Bell|Often when describing mathematics we add historical information to motivate what we are explaining or to situate it with respect to what was known at the time. One of the first things that many people learn to prove is that the square root of 2 is irrational, and they are often told stories about the discov| |'an honest and careful - but highly readable - evaluation of the evidence...full of interest and useful information.' New Scientist|About the Author|David H. Fowler is at Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick.

This book presents a reinterpretation of early Greek mathematics, one of the most tantalizing intellectual subjects of the last 2,000 years. The first part offers several new interpretations of the idea of ratio in early Greek mathematics and illustrates them in detailed discussion of several texts. Part Two discusses the historical context of the subject--what we know of Plato's academy during his lifetime, the origin of our text of Euclid's Elements, and wha...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Mathematics of Plato's Academy: A New Reconstruction   |  D. H. Fowler. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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