Rethinking Stevin, Stevin Rethinking

Rethinking Stevin, Stevin Rethinking
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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’. Stevin exemplifies a wider trend of polymathy in the early modern period. Polymaths played a crucial role in the transformation of European learning.


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