This book is not so much a history of ancient Greek mathematicians and their work (although that is part of it) as it is a sociological study of how mathematics was present as a cognitive method and how it was applied for practical and social purposes in ancient Greece and Rome. It is a look at how mathematics was used as a means of structuring the mental, physical, and social life during that period. If your interest is principally in the mathematics of ancient Greek mathematicians, then the book may seem diffuse and beside the point. It is, though, a clearly written and reflective book, and it brings into focus how mathematics is ever present and how it pervades our lives.
Author(s): Serafina Cuomo
Series: Sciences of Antiquity
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 303
Book Cover......Page 0
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
List of figures and tables......Page 7
List of abbreviations......Page 8
List of places mentioned......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 13
INTRODUCTION......Page 14
EARLY GREEK MATHEMATICS: THE EVIDENCE......Page 17
EARLY GREEK MATHEMATICS: THE QUESTIONS......Page 52
HELLENISTIC MATHEMATICS: THE EVIDENCE......Page 75
HELLENISTIC MATHEMATICS: THE QUESTIONS......Page 138
GRAECO-ROMAN MATHEMATICS: THE EVIDENCE......Page 156
GRAECO-ROMAN MATHEMATICS: THE QUESTIONS......Page 205
LATE ANCIENT MATHEMATICS: THE EVIDENCE......Page 225
LATE ANCIENT MATHEMATICS: THE QUESTIONS......Page 262
Glossary......Page 276
Bibliography......Page 280
Index......Page 300
