The Birth of Mathematics in the Age of Plato
by François Lasserre
$40 · Offered by Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller · No longer available
First edition
Larchmont, New York: American Research Council, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 190, 2 pp. Original printed wrappers over cloth with brown lettering on spine. The insistence of Plato and his disciples on deductive mathematics created the subject as we know it today and their spirit lives on in mathematics. This remarkable work is thus a unique and fitting tribute and monument to the memory of their contribution.
- Binding: Wrappers
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