A History of Greek Mathematics, Volume II

A History of Greek Mathematics, Volume II"As it is, the book is indispensable; it has, indeed, no serious English rival." Times Literary Supplement "Sir Thomas Heath, foremost English historian of the ancient exact sciences in the twentieth century." Prof. W. H. Stahl "Indeed, 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

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"Written in an admirably cleancut and economical style

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"involves the renunciation of the hope of describing in exact detail the behavior of a system

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