On the need to rewrite the history of Greek mathematics

DOI10.1007/BF00327233zbMath0325.01002MaRDI QIDQ1225033

Sabetai Unguru

Publication date: 1975

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) General histories, source books (01A05)

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