Serafina Cuomo

Gebundenes Buch

Ancient Mathematics

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Serafina Cuomo

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 516g
• ISBN-13: 9780415164948
• ISBN-10: 041516494X
• Artikelnr.: 21556167

Rezensionen

'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