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Reviel Netz

Reviel Netz is an Israeli-American historian of ancient mathematics and a professor of classics and philosophy at Stanford University.

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Born: 2 January 1968, Tel Aviv
Occupation: historian of mathematics, university teacher, historian, writer
Education: Tel Aviv University, Christ's College

Reviel Netz was born in 1968 in Tel Aviv

Netz was born on January 2, 1968, in Tel Aviv. His mother is the writer Corinna Hasofferett, and his father, Yoel Netz, translated Russian classics.

He studied at Tel Aviv University, earning a B.A. in ancient history and an M.A. in the history and philosophy of science. He then studied classics at Cambridge University and received his doctorate in 1995.

After postdoctoral work at Cambridge and MIT, he joined the Stanford Department of Classics in 1999. His research deals with the history of cognitive practices, such as the history of the book, visual culture, literacy and numeracy. His books include The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics and The Archimedes Codex, written with William Noel.

Netz also writes Hebrew poetry, publishing collections in 1999 and 2014. He is married to the writer Maya Arad, and they have 2 daughters.

Milestones in Reviel Netz's life

1968
Born in Tel Aviv.
1995
Received his doctorate from Cambridge University.
1999
Joined Stanford University and published The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics.
1999
Published the Hebrew poetry book Adayin Bahutz.
2004
Became a full professor at Stanford.
2007
Published The Archimedes Codex with William Noel.
2014
Received the Commandino Medal at the University of Urbino.
2022
Published A New History of Greek Mathematics.