Defending Hypatia: Ramus, Savile, and the Renaissance Rediscovery of Mathematical History

by Robert Goulding

Book Overview

Introduction Chapter 1: Lineages of Learning Chapter 2: Ramus and the History of Mathematics Chapter 3: From Plato to Pythagoras: The Scholae mathematicae Chapter 4: ''To Bring Alexandria to Oxford''- Henry Savile's1570 Lectures on Ptolemy Chapter 5: The Puzzling Lives of Euclid Chapter 6: Rending Hypatia: The Body of the Elements Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400732147
• ISBN13: 9789400732148
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 5 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"