(单选题)

According to the author, mathematics is ______.

A.an inductive science

B.in need of simple verification

C.a deductive science

D.based on fact and theory

参考答案：C

参考解析：

细节理解题。根据文章第一段第一句“Why the inductive and mathematical sciences, after their first rapid development at the culmination of Greek civilization”以及第二段第一句“The explanation which has become commonplace, that the ancients employed deduction chiefly in their scientific inquiries...”可知，古代人普遍采用演绎法，数学不是inductive归纳法，故选C。

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