Ludic Proof

Greek Mathematics and the Alexandrian Aesthetic

• Author(s): Reviel Netz,
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Pages: 255
• ISBN_10: 0511538308
  ISBN_13: 9780511538308
  
• Language: en

Description:... Describes the relationship between science and poetry in the Hellenistic period, transforming our understanding of the origins of Western mathematics.