Book ID: CBB000830875

“Magic Is No Magic”: The Wonderful World of Simon Stevin (2008)

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Devreese, J. T. (Author)
Berghe, Guido Vanden (Author)


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Publication Date: 2008
Physical Details: xxxvi + 310 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description On the early modern physicist and mathematician, important for his work on decimal fractions, standardization of weights and measures, and statics and hydrostatics.


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Review Shackelford, Jole (2009) Review of "“Magic Is No Magic”: The Wonderful World of Simon Stevin". Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (p. 170). unapi

Review Stedall, Jacqueline (2009) Review of "“Magic Is No Magic”: The Wonderful World of Simon Stevin". Historia Mathematica (p. 79). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Chalmers, Alan Francis
Settle, Thomas B.
Capecchi, Danilo
Bergamasco, Immacolata
Hoogendoorn, Klaas
Trabucco, Oreste
Concepts
Physics
Mathematics
Mechanics
Cosmology
Astronomy
Statics
Time Periods
17th century
16th century
Renaissance
Early modern
Medieval
15th century
Places
Europe
Italy
Flanders
Netherlands
Spain
Luxembourg
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