Rethinking Stevin, Stevin Rethinking: Constructions of a Dutch Polymath: Nuncius Series, cartea 6
Contribuţii de Marius Buning, H. Floris Cohen, David Dunér, Maarten Van Dyck, Charles van den Heuvel, Julia Kursell, Jan Lazardzig, Pietro Daniel Omodeo, Catherine Secretan C.A. Davids, Fokko Jan Dijksterhuis, Ida H. Stamhuis, Rienk H. Vermijen Limba Engleză Hardback – 21 oct 2020
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9789004432901
ISBN-10: 9004432906
Pagini: 276
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria Nuncius Series
ISBN-10: 9004432906
Pagini: 276
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria Nuncius Series
Cuprins
List of Figures
Preface
List of Contributors
Introduction: Simon Stevin, Polymaths and Polymathy in the Early Modern Period
Karel Davids, Fokko Jan Dijksterhuis, Rienk Vermij and Ida Stamhuis
1. The Engineer and the Philosopher. Reflections on the Culture and Economy of Mechanics in Court Society
Pietro Daniel Omodeo
2. Vitruvian Universalism. On the Order of Mechanical Knowledge in Joseph Furttenbach the Elder (1591-1667)
Jan Lazardzig
3. The Swedish Archimedes. The Formation of the Polymath Christopher Polhem
David Dunér
4. Stevin’s Physical Geography: The World as a Chemical Furnace
Rienk Vermij
5. The Art of Demonstration by Simon Stevin. Linguistic and Mathematical Innovation
Marius Buning
6. Causality and the Reduction to Art in Simon Stevin's Mechanics
Maarten Van Dyck
7. The Wise Origins of the Consten. Stevin and Sixteenth-century Debates on Arts, Mathematics, and Language
Fokko Jan Dijksterhuis
8. Simon Stevin’s Age of the Sages. In Search of an Alternative Renaissance: Exploring Scientific Methods Based on Pre-Classical Authorities, Empirical Data and Pure Languages
Charles van den Heuvel
9. Politics in the Vernacular. The Vita Politica. Het burgherlick leven (1590) as a Practical Handbook for Civic Life
Catherine Secretan
10. Simon Stevin’s Music Theory Revisited: A Dialogue
H. Floris Cohen and Julia Kursell
Index
Preface
List of Contributors
Introduction: Simon Stevin, Polymaths and Polymathy in the Early Modern Period
Karel Davids, Fokko Jan Dijksterhuis, Rienk Vermij and Ida Stamhuis
1. The Engineer and the Philosopher. Reflections on the Culture and Economy of Mechanics in Court Society
Pietro Daniel Omodeo
2. Vitruvian Universalism. On the Order of Mechanical Knowledge in Joseph Furttenbach the Elder (1591-1667)
Jan Lazardzig
3. The Swedish Archimedes. The Formation of the Polymath Christopher Polhem
David Dunér
4. Stevin’s Physical Geography: The World as a Chemical Furnace
Rienk Vermij
5. The Art of Demonstration by Simon Stevin. Linguistic and Mathematical Innovation
Marius Buning
6. Causality and the Reduction to Art in Simon Stevin's Mechanics
Maarten Van Dyck
7. The Wise Origins of the Consten. Stevin and Sixteenth-century Debates on Arts, Mathematics, and Language
Fokko Jan Dijksterhuis
8. Simon Stevin’s Age of the Sages. In Search of an Alternative Renaissance: Exploring Scientific Methods Based on Pre-Classical Authorities, Empirical Data and Pure Languages
Charles van den Heuvel
9. Politics in the Vernacular. The Vita Politica. Het burgherlick leven (1590) as a Practical Handbook for Civic Life
Catherine Secretan
10. Simon Stevin’s Music Theory Revisited: A Dialogue
H. Floris Cohen and Julia Kursell
Index
Notă biografică
Karel Davids, Ph.D. (1986), Leiden University, is Professor Emeritus of Economic and Social History at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He has published on economic and social history, the history of technology, the history of knowledge and maritime history, particularly in the early modern period.
Fokko Jan Dijksterhuis, Ph.D. (1999), University of Twente, is Associate Professor of History of Science and Technology at that university and Louise Thijssen-Schoute Professor of Early Modern History of Knowledge at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He has published on early modern knowledge practices, in particular associated with the mathematical sciences.
Rienk Vermij, Ph.D. (1991), Utrecht University, is Professor at the Department of History of Science at the University of Oklahoma. He has published on the history of science and intellectual history, especially on the period from the sixteenth century to the Enlightenment.
Ida Stamhuis, Ph.D. (1989), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, was Associate Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Honorary Professor at Aarhus University. She has published on the history of statistics, the history of women in science and the history of genetics.
Fokko Jan Dijksterhuis, Ph.D. (1999), University of Twente, is Associate Professor of History of Science and Technology at that university and Louise Thijssen-Schoute Professor of Early Modern History of Knowledge at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He has published on early modern knowledge practices, in particular associated with the mathematical sciences.
Rienk Vermij, Ph.D. (1991), Utrecht University, is Professor at the Department of History of Science at the University of Oklahoma. He has published on the history of science and intellectual history, especially on the period from the sixteenth century to the Enlightenment.
Ida Stamhuis, Ph.D. (1989), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, was Associate Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Honorary Professor at Aarhus University. She has published on the history of statistics, the history of women in science and the history of genetics.