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Quatrains is part of a long tradition of poetry inspired by Omar Khayyam, the Moslem middle ages poet-mathematician.
This is poetry of the tension between geometrical precision and lyrical observation, between the search for truth and the only certainty in the existence of the doubt.
The 92 quatrains are followed by an essay on Khayyam's work and the relation between poetry and mathematics.
Reviel Netz teaches in the department of Classics at Stanfors University and his main field is the history of pre-modern mathematics.
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