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Rethinking Stevin, Stevin Rethinking - Constructions of a Dutch Polymath (Hardcover)
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Rethinking Stevin, Stevin Rethinking - Constructions of a Dutch Polymath (Hardcover)
Series: Nuncius Series, 6
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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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