The two cultures of mathematics in ancient Greece

The two cultures of mathematics in ancient Greece

Markus Asper
Professor of Greek
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Institut für Klassische Philologie

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The notion of ‘Greek mathematics’ is a key concept among those who teach or learn about the Western tradition and, especially, the history of science.

Markus Asper

Curriculum Vitae

Born in 1968, Asper studied Classics at the Universities of Vienna and Freiburg/Br., Germany and got his Ph.D. in 1994 (Freiburg), 1995-2001 he was Assistant Professor of Classics, Dept of Comparative Literature, University of Konstanz, Germany. 2003 Dr. habil. in Classics. 2004-2007 he was Assistant Professor, Dept of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Pennsylvania State University, 2007-2010 he was first Assistant, than Associate Professor, Dept of Classics, New York University. Since spring 2010 he is Professor, Dept of Classics, Humboldt University of Berlin

Selected Publications
Authored books

Griechische Wissenschaftstexte. Formen, Funktionen, Differenzierungsgeschichten. Philosophie der Antike 25, Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag 2007.
Kallimachos von Kyrene: Werke griechisch-deutsch, übersetzt und herausgegeben von Markus Asper, Darmstadt: WBG 2004.
Onomata allotria. Zur Genese, Struktur und Funktion poetologischer Metaphorik bei Kallimachos. Hermes Einzelschriften 75, Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag 1997.
Recent Articles

Forthcoming. “Peripatetic Forms of Writing. A Systems-Theory Approach”. In: D. Mirhady & O. Hellmann, eds. Phaenias of Eresus. Text, Translation, and Discussion. New Brunswick.
Forthcoming. “Machines on Paper. From Words to Acts in Ancient Mechanics”. In: Van der Eijk, Ph., & M. Formisano, eds. From Words to Acts? Cambridge.
Forthcoming. Minding the Gap: Aetiology and (False) Closure, in: F. Grewing & B. Acosta-Hughes (Hgg.), False Closure in Greek and Roman Literature and Art, Heidelberg: Winter, 20 S.
“‘True’ and ‘False’ Errors in ancient (Greek) Computation”. In: Geller, Μ., & Κ. Geus (eds.). Productive Errors: Scientific Concepts in Antiquity. Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Preprints. Berlin 2012, 51-70.
Dimensions of Power: Callimachean ‘Geopoetics’ and the Ptolemaic Empire, in: B. Acosta-Hughes, L. Lehnus, & S. Stephens (Hgg.), The Brill Companion to Callimachus, Leiden: Brill 2011, 155-177.
“’Frame Tales’ in Ancient Greek Science Writing”, in: K.-H. Pohl & G. Wöhrle (Hgg.), Form und Gehalt in Texten der griechischen und der chinesischen Philosophie, Stuttgart: Steiner 2011, 91-112.
Erzählungen in der (griechischen) Mathematik? Ein Survey. Öffentliche Vorlesungen 171. Berlin 2011.
Science and Fiction in Callimachus, in: M.A. Harder, R.F. Regtuit, & G.C. Wakker (Hgg.), Nature and Science in Hellenistic Poetry, Leuven: Peeters 2009, 1-18.
The Two Mathematical Cultures of Ancient Greece, in: E. Robson and J. Stedall (Hgg.), The Oxford Handbook of the History of Mathematics, Oxford 2009, 107-132.
Apollonius on Poetry, in: T. D. Papanghelis and A. Rengakos (Hg.), Brill’s Companion to Apollonius Rhodius, 2. Aufl. Leiden: Brill 2008, 167-197.
Medienwechsel und kultureller Kontext. Die Entstehung der griechischen Sachprosa, in: J. Althoff (Hg.), Philosophie und Dichtung im antiken Griechenland, Stuttgart: Steiner 2007, 67-102.