David Fowler (mathematician)

David Fowler
Born	(1937-04-28)28 April 1937 Blackburn, England
Died	13 April 2004(2004-04-13) (aged 66) Warwick, England
Alma mater	Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Occupation	Mathematician
Known for	Greek mathematics
Scientific career
Institutions	Manchester University University of Warwick

David Herbert Fowler (/ˈfaʊlər/; 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.

References

• Obituary in The Guardian, 3 May 2004 by Christopher Zeeman.
• Obituary in The Independent, 24 May 2004.

External links

• Bibliography
• Book Review by Fernando Q. Gouvêa of The Mathematics of Plato's Academy
• Memorial symposium organized in his honor at Warwick, 9 November 2004.