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TY  - BOOK
ID  - 5454508
TI  - Ludic proof : Greek mathematics and the Alexandrian aesthetic
PY  - 2008
SN  - 9780521898942 9780511581472 9780511540837 0511540833 0521898943 9780511539138 0511539134 1107202264 1282187082 9786612187087 0511540493 0511581475 0511538308 0511539975 1009069802
PB  - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,
DB  - UniCat
KW  - Mathematics, Greek.
KW  - Technical writing.
KW  - Greek language, Hellenistic (300 B.C.-600 A.D.)
KW  - Mathématiques grecques
KW  - Rédaction technique
KW  - Grec hellénistique (Langue)
KW  - Greek language, Hellenistic (300 B.C.-600 A.D.).
KW  - Mathématiques grecques
KW  - Rédaction technique
KW  - Grec hellénistique (Langue)
KW  - Greek language (Koinē)
KW  - Mathematics, Greek
KW  - Technical writing
KW  - Greek mathematics
KW  - Geometry
KW  - Engineering
KW  - Science
KW  - Scientific writing
KW  - Technology
KW  - Authorship
KW  - Communication of technical information
KW  - Hellenistic Greek
KW  - Koinē (Greek language)
KW  - Arts and Humanities
KW  - History
UR  - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5454508
AB  - This book represents a new departure in science studies: an analysis of a scientific style of writing, situating it within the context of the contemporary style of literature. Its philosophical significance is that it provides a novel way of making sense of the notion of a scientific style. For the first time, the Hellenistic mathematical corpus - one of the most substantial extant for the period - is placed centre-stage in the discussion of Hellenistic culture as a whole. Professor Netz argues that Hellenistic mathematical writings adopt a narrative strategy based on surprise, a compositional form based on a mosaic of apparently unrelated elements, and a carnivalesque profusion of detail. He further investigates how such stylistic preferences derive from, and throw light on, the style of Hellenistic poetry. This important book will be welcomed by all scholars of Hellenistic civilization as well as historians of ancient science and Western mathematics.
ER  -