Chapter 5 The history of geometry

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Introduction 1
4. Chapter 1 In search of the first discoverers: Greek heurematography and the origin of the history of science 23
5. Chapter 2 Science as técnh: theory and history 45
6. Chapter 3 Science in the Platonic Academy 82
7. Chapter 4 The historiographical project of the Lyceum 117
8. Chapter 5 The history of geometry 166
9. Chapter 6 The history of arithmetic and the origin of number 214
10. Chapter 7 The history of astronomy 228
11. Chapter 8 Historiography of science after Eudemus: a brief outline 277
12. Backmatter 309