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This book gives a comprehensive picture of the activities and the creative heritage of Simon Stevin, who made outstanding contributions to various fields of science, in particular physics and mathematics, as well as many more. Among the striking spectrum of his ingenious achievements, it is worth emphasizing that Simon Stevin is rightly considered the father of the decimal fraction system as it is today. Stevin also urged the universal use of decimal fractions along with standardization in coinage, measures and weights. This was a most visionary proposal. Stevin was the first scientist since Archimedes to make a significant new contribution to the fields of statics and hydrostatics. He was a true homo universalis. The impact of Stevin's works has been multilateral and worldwide, and it is evident in literature, science, politics and many other fields. Given the way science works today, it would be impossible for a single individual to make meaningful contributions in as many areas as Simon Stevin did. The purpose of this book is to introduce Simon Stevin and his work to the widest possible readership.In doing so, the authors have kept to established historical facts and critically underpinned scientific insights into Stevin and his work. This is the first complete and accessible history of the work of Simon Stevin. Jozef T. Devreese is a professor in theoretical physics at the University of Antwerp and at the Technical University of Eindhoven. Guido Vanden Berghe is a professor in numerical mathematics at the University of Ghent. Both have numerous publications to their names, which also concern the history of science.

Table of Contents:
Stevin's works mentioned in the text Prologue. The Low Countries in Stevin's day Chapter One. Simon Stevin and the Renaissance Middle Ages, Renaissance and the Modern Age; Printing; The universities; The Renaissance in art, literature, science and technology; Simon Stevin: Scholar and Engineer; Box 1: How did Stevin know the works of the ancient Greeks? Chapter Two. Simon Stevin, religious exile? The Bruges period; Box 1: Documents in the Bruges city archives; Box 2: Calvinism in Bruges between 1550 and 1584; Box 3: Important dates in Simon Stevin's life; Dedication to the Republic; Box 4: The University of Leiden; Box 5: A letter to the town council of Gdansk; Box 6: Maurice of Nassau; Married life and descendants Chapter Three. The man who 'invented' the decimal system Decimal fractions for elementary calculations; Translations of Stevin's De Thiende; Uniform ways of counting and measuring; Box 1: The decimal system before and after Stevin; Box 2: An addition of decimal fractions; Box 3: Extracting roots; Box 4: Of weights and measures; Box 5: A chaotic monetary situation in the Low Countries; Box 6: Shakespeare and De Thiende; Box 7: The dollar and the disme Chapter Four. Engineer and Inventor Patents; Box 1: Patent granted by the States of Holland on 17 February 1584; Mills; Box 2: The IJsselstein mill; Sluices; Hydraulic designs; Box 3: Extract from Van den handel der Waterschuyring onses Vaders Simon Stevin; Navigation; The Art of War (military science); Stevin as an architect Chapter Five. Economist avant la lettre Introduction; The Nieuwe Inventie; Box 1: Double-entry or Italian bookkeeping; The Tafelen van Interest; Box 2: Le grand parti; Bookkeeping Chapter Six. Wonder en is gheen wonder Introduction; The structure of De Beghinselen der Weeghconst; Box 1: The clootcrans; De Weeghdaet; De Beghinselen des Waterwichts and the Anvang der Waterwichtdaet; Box 2: Stevin was there before Pascal; Box 3: The pressure of water on vertical and inclined walls; Box 4: Why do ships float?; Summary: the significance of Stevin's work in physics Chapter Seven. The link between Italian and French algebra Introduction; Box 1: Quadratic, cubic and quartic equations; Box 2: Completing a square with an example given by Al-Khwarizmi (c. 800); Geometrical numbers; Algebraic numbers and the representation of polynomials; Equations; The Rule of Algebra Chapter Eight. Stevin's contribution to the Dutch language Stevin and the building of the Dutch language; Early printed editions of works on medicine and the natural sciences; Stevin's presence in the Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal; Neologisms and semantic neologisms Chapter Nine. Perspective The historical context and pioneering aspect of Stevin's Vande Verschaeuwing; A short description of Vande Deursichtighe; Maurice, Stevin and Durer; Stevin's followers: De Vries, 's Gravesande -; Impact Chapter Ten. An extraordinary didactic genius: Stevin's 'visible language' Introduction; Stevin's information graphics; Vanden Hemelloop Chapter Eleven. An unfinished composition Introduction; Stevin divides the octave into 12 equal intervals; Box 1: Explanation of the most important ideas in the Singconst; 'Now in order to divide the monochord geometrically...' and the 'Arithmetical Division of the Monochord', Temperament in Stevin's time and the placing of the frets on the neck of a lute; What Verheyen had to say...; The historical place of Stevin's tone system Chapter Twelve. The resonance of Simon Stevin and his work Introduction; Box 1: The statue of Simon Stevin in Bruges; Box 2: Stevin's books in the antiquarian book world; Stevin's influence on some of his contemporaries; Box 3: Simon Stevin: an innovator and polymath; Later reactions of eminent scholars Epilogue Bibliography


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781845643980
  • Publisher: WIT Press
  • Publisher Imprint: WIT Press
  • Sub Title: The Wonderful World of Simon Stevin
  • ISBN-10: 1845643984
  • Publisher Date: 12 Nov 2008
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)


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