Between Tradition and Innovation - Gregorio a San Vicente and the Flemish Jesuit Mathematics School (Hardcover)

In Between Tradition and Innovation, Ad Meskens traces the profound influence of a group of Flemish Jesuits on the course of mathematics in the seventeenth century. Using manuscript evidence, this book argues that one of the Flemish mathematics school's professors, Gregorio a San Vicente (1584-1667), had developed a logically sound integration method more than a decade before the Italian mathematician Bonaventura Cavalieri. Although San Vincente's superiors refused to grant him permission to publish his results, his methods went on to influence numerous other mathematicians through his students, many of whom became famous mathematicians in their own right. By carefully tracing their careers and outlining their biographies, Meskens convincingly shows that they made a number of ground-breaking contributions to fields ranging from mathematics and mechanics to optics and architecture.

General

Imprint:	Brill
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Jesuit Studies, 32
Release date:	April 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Ad J Meskens
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	294
ISBN-13:	978-90-04-41499-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > History of mathematics Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Promotions
LSN:	90-04-41499-1
Barcode:	9789004414990

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