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Dutch Engineers: Simon Stevin, Cornelius Vermuyden, Alexander Weygers, Hans Monderman, Jan Van Der Heyden, Anton Mussert, Gerard Kleisterlee

Dutch Engineers: Simon Stevin, Cornelius Vermuyden, Alexander Weygers, Hans Monderman, Jan Van Der Heyden, Anton Mussert, Gerard Kleisterlee


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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Simon Stevin, Cornelius Vermuyden, Alexander Weygers, Hans Monderman, Jan Van Der Heyden, Anton Mussert, Gerard Kleisterlee, Warner T. Koiter, Wiebe Bijker, Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Jan Leeghwater, Jur P. Van Den Berg, Bas Van Der Vlies, Rik Grashoff, George Arnold Escher, Guillaume Daniel Delprat, Evert Dudok, Andries Vierlingh, Cryn Fredericks. Excerpt: Simon Stevin (1548/49 1620) was a Flemish mathematician and engineer. He was active in a great many areas of science and engineering, both theoretical and practical. He also translated various mathematical terms into Dutch, making it one of the few European languages in which the word for mathematics, wiskunde ("the art of what is certain"), was not derived from Greek (via Latin). Stevin was born in Bruges, Flanders (now Belgium) in the year 1548, to Antheunis Stevin and Cathelyne van der Poort. Very little has been recorded about his life. Even the exact date of birth and the date and place of his death (The Hague or Leiden) are uncertain. It is known that he left a widow with two children; and one or two hints scattered throughout his works inform us that he began life as a merchant's clerk in Antwerp, that he travelled in Poland, Denmark and other parts of northern Europe. After his travels, he became advisor and tutor of Prince Maurice of Nassau, who asked his advice on many occasions, and made him a public officer at first director of the so-called "waterstaet" (the government authority for public works), and later quartermaster-general. In Bruges there is a Simon Stevin Square which contains his statue by Eugen Simonis, which includes his inclined plane diagram. Land yacht (Zeilwagen) designed by Simon Stevin for Prince Maurice of Orange.His claims to fame are varied. His contemporari... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=72586



Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781157093008
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 70
  • Spine Width: 4 mm
  • Weight: 113 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1157093000
  • Publisher Date: 27 May 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Simon Stevin, Cornelius Vermuyden, Alexander Weygers, Hans Monderman, Jan Van Der Heyden, Anton Mussert, Gerard Kleisterlee
  • Width: 229 mm


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