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200 10$aLudic proof $eGreek mathematics and the Alexandrian aesthetic /$fReviel Netz$b[electronic resource]
210  1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2009.
215   $a1 online resource (xv, 255 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s)
300   $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
311   $a0-521-89894-3 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aIntroduction -- The carnival of calculation -- The telling of mathematics -- Hybrids and mosaics -- The poetic interface -- Conclusions and qualifications.
330   $aThis book represents a new departure in science studies: an analysis of a scientific style of writing, situating it within the context of the contemporary style of literature. Its philosophical significance is that it provides a novel way of making sense of the notion of a scientific style. For the first time, the Hellenistic mathematical corpus - one of the most substantial extant for the period - is placed centre-stage in the discussion of Hellenistic culture as a whole. Professor Netz argues that Hellenistic mathematical writings adopt a narrative strategy based on surprise, a compositional form based on a mosaic of apparently unrelated elements, and a carnivalesque profusion of detail. He further investigates how such stylistic preferences derive from, and throw light on, the style of Hellenistic poetry. This important book will be welcomed by all scholars of Hellenistic civilization as well as historians of ancient science and Western mathematics.
606   $aMathematics, Greek
606   $aTechnical writing
606   $aGreek language, Hellenistic (300 B.C.-600 A.D.)
615  0$aMathematics, Greek.
615  0$aTechnical writing.
615  0$aGreek language, Hellenistic (300 B.C.-600 A.D.)
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