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The sha** and evolution of Greek mathematics

Reviel Netz: A new history of Greek mathematics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022, 540 pp, £34.99 HB

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Ferreirós, J. The sha** and evolution of Greek mathematics. Metascience (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-024-00973-x

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