Reviews for A History of Greek Mathematics: Volume 1. From Thales to Euclid

The average rating for A History of Greek Mathematics: Volume 1. From Thales to Euclid based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-10-26 00:00:00 Robin Pulley Available online - Huzzah for archive.org!

Review # 2 was written on 2016-08-02 00:00:00 Estevan Perez A comprehensive history of Greek mathematics, divided by topics -- after a couple of introductory chapters on terminology, numerals and notation, it deals with Pythagorean arithmetic, the beginnings of geometry, Pythagorean geometry, the elements of geometry before Plato, math in Plato, the elements between Plato and Euclid, more advanced problems, and ends up with Euclid. Much of Greek geometry is just algebra in disguise. This first book covers the theory of incommensurables (irrationals) and the discovery of conic sections. It seems the Greeks were more advanced in some areas than I was aware of.