A History of Greek Mathematics, Volume II: From Aristarchus to Diophantus Heath Sir ThomasPaperback
As it is, the book is indispensable; it has, indeed, no serious English rival. -- Times Literary SupplementSir Thomas Heath, foremost English historian of the ancient exact sciences in the twentieth…
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As it is, the book is indispensable; it has, indeed, no serious English rival. -- Times Literary SupplementSir Thomas Heath, foremost English historian of the ancient exact sciences in the twentieth century. -- Prof. W. H. StahlIndeed, seeing that so much of Greek is mathematics, it is arguable that, if one would understand the Greek genius fully, it would be a good plan to begin with their geometry.The perspective that enabled Sir Thomas Heath to understand the Greek genius -- deep intimacy with languages, literatures, philosophy, and all the sciences -- brought him perhaps closer to his beloved subjects, and to their own ideal of educated men than is common or even possible today. Heath read the original texts with a critical, scrupulous eye and brought to this definitive two-volume history the insights of a mathematician communicated with the clarity of