Geometry in the Greek-Hellenistic era and late Antiquity

Christoph J. Scriba and Peter Schreiber
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Christoph J. Scriba: University Hamburg
Peter Schreiber: University Greifswald

Chapter 2 in 5000 Years of Geometry, 2015, pp 27-116 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Generally speaking, the Greeks are accepted to be the founders of the natural sciences, in other words, of rational explanations of natural phenomena based on principles and systems. At the same time, it was they who systemised and accounted for rules and instructions passed on (partially by the Oriental cultures) for counting, measuring and solving equations by means of a selfdeveloped logic. These were summarised into a system of theories, which made them the founders of scientific mathematics.

Keywords: Line Segment; Isosceles Triangle; Conic Section; Archimedean Spiral; Late Antiquity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-0898-9_2

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