Reviel Netz

Broschiertes Buch

The Transformation of Mathematics in the Early Mediterranean World

From Problems to Equations

Beschreibung

An interesting interpretation of the historical trajectory of pre-modern mathematics.

Autor

Reviel Netz is Associate Professor in the Department of Classics at Stanford University. He has published widely in the field of Greek mathematics: The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics: A Study in Cognitive History (1999) was runner-up for the Runciman Prize for 2000, and he is currently working on a complete English translation of and commentary on the works of Archimedes, the first volume of which was published in 2003. He has also written a volume of Hebrew poetry and an historical study of barbed wire.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 306g
• ISBN-13: 9780521041744
• ISBN-10: 0521041740
• Artikelnr.: 23033164