Thirteen scholars reply to Reviel Netz’s ‘The Place of Archimedes in World History’

Abstract

ABSTRACT This introduction to the issue of Interdisciplinary Science Reviews outlines the rules of the game on which all contributors agreed. Thirteen scholars have responded to a root essay written by Reviel Netz, under the title ‘The Place of Archimedes in World History.’ The introduction outlines the main lines of the arguments they put forward.