Rethinking Stevin, Stevin Rethinking : Constructions of a Dutch Polymath

H. Floris Cohen Marius Buning

ISBN 10: 9004432906 / ISBN 13: 9789004432901

Verlag: Brill Okt 2020, 2020

Beschreibung

Neuware - This book studies the Dutch mathematician Simon Stevin (1548-1620) as a new type of 'man of knowledge'. Traditionally, Stevin is best known for his contributions to the 'Archimedean turn'. This innovative volume moves beyond this conventional image by bringing many other aspects of his work into view, by analysing the connections between the multiple strands of his thinking and by situating him in a broader European context. Like other multi-talents ('polymaths') in his time (several of whom are discussed in this volume), Stevin made an important contribution to the transformation of the ideal of knowledge in early modern Europe. This book thus provides new insights into the phenomenon of 'polymaths' in general and in the case of Stevin in particular.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9789004432901

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Rethinking Stevin, Stevin Rethinking : Constructions of a Dutch Polymath
• Verlag: Brill Okt 2020
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 9004432906
• ISBN-13: 9789004432901
• Einband: Buch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 234B x 155 H x 18 T Millimeter Breite: 234 mm, Höhe: 155 mm, Tiefe: 18 mm
• Gewicht: 576 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

This book studies the Dutch mathematician Simon Stevin (1548-1620) as a new type of 'man of knowledge'. Traditionally, Stevin is best known for his contributions to the 'Archimedean turn'. This innovative volume moves beyond this conventional image by bringing many other aspects of his work into view, by analysing the connections between the multiple strands of his thinking and by situating him in a broader European context. Like other multi-talents ('polymaths') in his time (several of whom are discussed in this volume), Stevin made an important contribution to the transformation of the ideal of knowledge in early modern Europe. This book thus provides new insights into the phenomenon of 'polymaths' in general and in the case of Stevin in particular.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Karel Davids, Ph.D. (1986), Leiden University, is Professor Emeritus of Economic and Social History at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He has published on economic and social history, the history of technology, the history of knowledge and maritime history, particularly in the early modern period.

Fokko Jan Dijksterhuis, Ph.D. (1999), University of Twente, is Associate Professor of History of Science and Technology at that university and Louise Thijssen-Schoute Professor of Early Modern History of Knowledge at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He has published on early modern knowledge practices, in particular associated with the mathematical sciences.

Rienk Vermij, Ph.D. (1991), Utrecht University, is Professor at the Department of History of Science at the University of Oklahoma. He has published on the history of science and intellectual history, especially on the period from the sixteenth century to the Enlightenment.

Ida Stamhuis, Ph.D. (1989), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, was Associate Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Honorary Professor at Aarhus University. She has published on the history of statistics, the history of women in science and the history of genetics.