Unrolling Time

Joella Gerstmeyer Yoder

ISBN 10: 052134140X / ISBN 13: 9780521341400

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1989

Beschreibung

Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This case study examines the interrelationship between mathematics and physics in the work of one of the major figures of the Scientific Revolution: the Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer, Christian Huygens (1629-1695). Joella Yoder details the creative interaction that led Huygens to invent a pendulum clock that theoretically beat absolutely uniform time, to measure the constant of gravitational acceleration, to analyze centrifugal force, and to create the mathematical theory of evolutes. In the second half of the book, Dr Yoder places Huygens's work in the context of his time by examining his relationship with other scientists and the priority disputes that sometimes motivated his research. The role of evolutes in the history of mathematics is analyzed; the reception of Huygens's masterpiece, the Horologium Oscillatorium of 1673, is described; and finally, the part that Christian Huygens played in the rise of applied mathematics is addressed.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780521341400

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Unrolling Time
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1989
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 052134140X
• ISBN-13: 9780521341400
• Einband: Buch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 235B x 157 H x 20 T Millimeter Breite: 235 mm, Höhe: 157 mm, Tiefe: 20 mm
• Gewicht: 571 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

This case study examines the interrelationship between mathematics and physics in the work of one of the major figures of the Scientific Revolution: the Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer, Christian Huygens (1629-1695).

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Charlotte y Peter Fiell son dos autoridades en historia, teoría y crítica del diseño y han escrito más de sesenta libros sobre la materia, muchos de los cuales se han convertido en éxitos de ventas. También han impartido conferencias y cursos como profesores invitados, han comisariado exposiciones y asesorado a fabricantes, museos, salas de subastas y grandes coleccionistas privados de todo el mundo. Los Fiell han escrito numerosos libros para TASCHEN, entre los que se incluyen 1000 Chairs, Diseño del siglo XX, El diseño industrial de la A a la Z, Scandinavian Design y Diseño del siglo XXI.