Rethinking Stevin, Stevin Rethinking

Rethinking Stevin, Stevin Rethinking
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 286
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ISBN-10 : 9789004432918
ISBN-13 : 9004432914
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Download or read book Rethinking Stevin, Stevin Rethinking written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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