Introduction: The History of Early Mathematics – Ways of Re-Writing

DOI10.1017/S0269889703000875zbMATH Open1193.01014MaRDI QIDQ3525877FDOQ3525877

Authors: Reviel Netz 

Publication date: 19 September 2008

Published in: Science in Context (Search for Journal in Brave)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Egyptian mathematics (01A16) History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) History of Chinese mathematics (01A25)

Cites Work

• On the need to rewrite the history of Greek mathematics
• Remarks on the history of the text of Euclid's Elements
• The Wrong Text of Euclid: On Heiberg's Text and its Alternatives
• The definitions of fundamental geometric entities contained in book I of Euclid's Elements
• On the homocentric spheres of Eudoxus
• Reflections on Eudoxus, Callippus and their Curves: Hippopedes and Callippopedes

Cited In (3)

• The Arabic tradition of Euclid's \textit{Elements} preserved in the Latin translation by Adelard of Bath and the Hebrew translation by Rabbi Jacob
• Algebra and Geometry in the Old Babylonian Period: Matters Concerning Reeds
• An alternative to the Pythagorean rule? Reevaluating problem 1 of cuneiform tablet BM 34 568

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