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1 online resource |
| Series |
Nuncius series - studies and sources in the material and visual history of science, 2405-5077 ; volume 6 |
| Contents |
Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction Simon Stevin, Polymaths and Polymathy in the Early Modern Period -- 1 Simon Stevin: a Brief Life -- 2 Polymaths and Polymathy: a Conceptual Survey -- 3 Polymaths and Polymathy in Comparative Perspective -- 4 Stevin Thinking: Searching for Keys in the Consten -- 5 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 1 The Engineer and the Philosopher: Reflections on the Culture and Economy of Mechanics in Court Society |
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1 The Codification of an Aristocratic Discipline -- 2 Benedetti's Physico-Mathematics: a Courtly Path to Science -- 3 The Socio-Economic and Political Terrain of Court Science: the Case of Benedetti -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgment -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 Vitruvian Universalism: On the Order of Mechanical Knowledge in the Works of Joseph Furttenbach the Elder (1591-1667) -- 1 Peregrinatio Mechanica and Militaris -- 2 Self-Fashioning: the Locality and Universality of Knowledge -- 3 Armory and the Cabinet of Curiosity -- 4 Conclusion -- Bibliography |
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Chapter 3 The Swedish Archimedes: The Formation of the Polymath Christopher Polhem -- 1 Introduction: Polhem's Headache -- 2 The Swedish Archimedes -- 3 Mechanical Education -- 4 Mechanical Perception -- 5 Mechanical Communication -- 6 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4 Stevin's Physical Geography The World as a Chemical Furnace -- 1 General Principles -- 2 The Constitution of the Earth -- 3 Experience and Chemistry -- 4 Mechanical Chemistry -- 5 Stevin and the Mechanization of Nature -- Bibliography |
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Chapter 5 The Art of Demonstration in the Work of Simon Stevin: Linguistic and Mathematical Innovation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Cultural and Social Context -- 3 Structure and Content -- 3.1 Method and Organization -- 4 Common Sense, Common Language and Mathematics -- 4.1 The Certainty of Mathematics -- 5 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6 Causality and the Reduction to Art of Simon Stevin's Mechanics -- 1 Bringing Mechanics to the Form of Art -- 2 Delineating a Field -- 3 Demonstrating the Law of the Lever and the Law of the Inclined Plane16 |
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4 Disclosing the Causes of the Properties of the Balance -- 5 Formal Causality and the Arts -- 6 Coordinating Theory and Practice, Cause and Effect -- 7 Conclusion: 'This Long-Hidden Matter' -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7 The Wise Origins of the Consten: Stevin and Sixteenth-Century Debates on Arts, Mathematics and Language -- 1 The 'Wijsentijt' in Stevin's Oeuvre -- 2 Stevin's Program for the Consten -- 3 A Grammar of the Arts -- 4 Blending Theory and Praxis -- 5 Stevin and Ramus -- 6 Stevin's Persona -- Bibliography |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher |
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Includes index |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 22, 2021) |
| Subject |
Stevin, Simon, 1548-1620.
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| SUBJECT |
Stevin, Simon, 1548-1620 fast |
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Mathematics.
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Mathematics -- Early works to 1800
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mathematics.
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applied mathematics.
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Mathematics
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| Genre/Form |
Early works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Davids, C. A., editor
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Dijksterhuis, Fokko Jan, editor
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Vermij, R. H., editor
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Stamhuis, Ida H., editor
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| LC no. |
2020030407 |
| ISBN |
9004432914 |
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9789004432918 |
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