A new history of greek mathematics

IF 0.9 3区哲学 Q2 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Annals of Science Pub Date : 2023-04-18 DOI:10.1080/00033790.2023.2195864

J. Høyrup

引用次数: 1

Abstract

In French, haute vulgarisation is a recognized genre. Not so in English, but even without the term A New History of Greek Mathematics is still an excellent representative. Regularly—and especially when complicated mathematical arguments unfold—the reader gets the impression of being in the presence of a spirited teacher in a lecture hall. Reviel Netz is a fine pedagogue. A ‘new’ anything will easily be understood to pretend to replace the corresponding ‘old.’ Not so here. True, Netz states that ‘I write this History of Greek Mathematics to replace that of Heath, written a century ago’ (p. 457). But that is merely an argument for not exploring the history of Islamic mathematics in-depth (to which, none the less, 21 pages are dedicated). Instead, the reader is told that

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希腊数学新史

在法语中，高级庸俗化是一种公认的流派。在英语中并非如此，但即使没有“希腊数学新史”一词，它仍然是一个优秀的代表。经常——尤其是当复杂的数学争论展开时——读者会给人的印象是，在演讲厅里，他是一位精神饱满的老师。Reviel Netz是一位优秀的教育家。“新的”任何东西都很容易被理解为假装取代了相应的“旧的”这里不是这样。的确，内兹说“我写这本《希腊数学史》是为了取代一个世纪前写的《希思数学史》”（第457页）。但这只是一个没有深入探索伊斯兰数学史的论点（尽管如此，21页的篇幅都是专门针对伊斯兰数学史）。相反，读者被告知

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Annals of Science 综合性期刊-科学史与科学哲学

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0.80

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1 months

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