Pappus of Alexandria and the Mathematics of Late Antiquity PDF
242 Pages·2000·31.93 MB·English
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This predictable book betrays the author's eagerness to conform to the academic fashions of the day. Its predictable thesis is that "Pappus was not operating in a vacuum" (pp. 89-90); rather he had an "agenda" (e.g., p. 169) to "augment his prestige" (p. 200), etc., etc. In other words, the usual st
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