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12Ludic Proof: Greek Mathematics and the Alexandrian AestheticCambridge University Press. 2009.This 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 …Read more
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3The Works of Archimedes: Volume 1, the Two Books on the Sphere and the Cylinder: Translation and Commentary (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2006.Archimedes was the greatest scientist of antiquity and one of the greatest of all time. This book is Volume I of the first authoritative translation of his works into English. It is also the first publication of a major ancient Greek mathematician to include a critical edition of the diagrams and the first translation into English of Eutocius' ancient commentary on Archimedes. Furthermore, it is the first work to offer recent evidence based on the Archimedes Palimpsest, the major source for Arch…Read more
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26The Fifth Hammer: Pythagoras and the Disharmony of the WorldCommon Knowledge 19 (1): 138-139. 2013.
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19Introduction: The History of Early Mathematics – Ways of Re-WritingScience in Context 16 (3). 2003.
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