Books by Reviel Netz

Reviel Netz, Why the Ancient Greeks Matter: The Problematic Miracle that Was Greece . Uneven but periodically fascinating: “But science was but a small part of the Greek cultural sphere and it would be surprising if the overall contours of Greek cultural life could be explained through science alone. It seems much more promising to consider…what mattered the most to the Greeks themselves. This was their literary legacy: their canon.”

I have read only about 30 pp. so far, but this is clearly one of the best science books I have read, ever.  It is clear, always to the point, conceptual, connects advances in math to the broader history, explains the math, and full of interesting detail. By Reviel Netz .  Here is a brief excerpt:

Also noteworthy is Reviel Netz, Scale, Space and Canon in Ancient Literary Culture , which I hope to write more about.