TY - BOOK
T1 - Rethinking Stevin, Stevin rethinking
T2 - Constructions of a Dutch polymath
A2 - Davids, Karel
A2 - Dijksterhuis, Fokko Jan
A2 - Vermij, Rienk
A2 - Stamhuis, Ida
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - https://brill.com/view/title/57665
M3 - Book
SN - 9789004432901
T3 - Nuncius Series
BT - Rethinking Stevin, Stevin rethinking
PB - Brill Academic Publishers
CY - Leiden
ER -