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Reviel Netz
Researcher at Stanford University
Publications - 60
Citations - 1037
Reviel Netz is an academic researcher from Stanford University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Greek mathematics & Cylinder. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 53 publications receiving 963 citations. Previous affiliations of Reviel Netz include University of Cambridge.
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The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics: A Study in Cognitive History
TL;DR: A specimen of Greek mathematics can be found in this article, where the main Greek mathematicians cited in the book are cited as the main sources of inspiration for the present paper, as well as the historical setting.
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Barbed Wire: An Ecology of Modernity
TL;DR: Barbed wire has been used to control cattle during the colonization of the American West and to control people in Nazi concentration camps and the Russian Gulag as discussed by the authors, and it has been shown to be effective in controlling humans, animals, and the environment.
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Scale, Space and Canon in Ancient Literary Culture
TL;DR: In this article, the authors retell the history of ancient literary culture through the lenses of canon, space and scale, with about a thousand authors active at any given moment in the Hellenistic era.
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The Origins of Mathematical Physics: New Light on an Old Question
TL;DR: A theory dealing with abstract objects, aiming at internal coherence rather than at connection to any external reality, is a non-starter for science as mentioned in this paper, and it is a peculiarity of the modern world to take this abstract discipline as the cornerstone for science.
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Ludic Proof: Greek Mathematics and the Alexandrian Aesthetic
TL;DR: In this paper, the Hellenistic mathematical corpus is placed centre-stage in the discussion of Hellenism as a whole, and a new departure in science studies is made: an analysis of a scientific style of writing, situating it within the context of the contemporary style of literature.