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.
David Fowler
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| Born | (1937-04-28)28 April 1937 |
| Died | 13 April 2004(2004-04-13) (aged 66)
Warwick, England
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| Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Mathematician |
| Known for | Greek mathematics |
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| Institutions | Manchester University University of Warwick |
Fowler was also the translator of René Thom's book Structural Stability and Morphogenesis from French (Stabilité strukturelle et morphogénèse) into English.