David Fowler (mathematician)
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David Herbert Fowler (28 April 1937 – 13 April 2004) was a historian of Greek mathematics who published work on pre-Eudoxian ratio theory (using the process he called anthyphairesis). He disputed the standard story of Greek mathematical discovery, in which the discovery of the phenomenon of incommensurability came as a shock.
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David Fowler | |
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Born | (1937-04-28)28 April 1937 |
Died | 13 April 2004(2004-04-13) (aged 66) Warwick, England |
Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
Occupation | Mathematician |
Known for | Greek mathematics |
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Institutions | Manchester University University of Warwick |
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Fowler was also the translator of René Thom's book Structural Stability and Morphogenesis from French (Stabilité strukturelle et morphogénèse) into English.