The infinite in the finite / Alistair Macintosh Wilson.
"A conversation between Euclid and the ghost of Socrates. . . the paths of the moon and the sun charted by the stone-builders of ancient Europe. . .the Greek ideal of the golden mean by which they measured beauty. . . Combining historical fact with a retelling of ancient myths and legends, this...
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Oxford ; New York :
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1995.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Symphonies of stone
- 2. The pyramid builders
- 3. The Theban Mysteries
- 4. Babylon
- 5. The Middle Kingdom
- 6. The Achaeans
- 7. A World made of numbers
- 8. The thoughts of Zeus
- 9. The philosopher's criticism
- 10. The Elements of Euclid
- 11. An island interlude
- 12. Proportion
- 13. The Divine Archimedes
- 14. Apollonius the great geometer
- 15. The science of numbers
- 16. The School of Alexandria
- 17. The dark subcontinent of India
- 18. The contribution of Islam.