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Chapters: Simon Stevin, François d'Aguilon, Ingrid Daubechies, Adolphe Quetelet, Pierre Deligne, Jacques Tits, Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Andries Mac Leod, Jean Bourgain, Pierre François Verhulst, Joseph Jean Baptiste Neuberg, Eugène Charles Catalan, Maurice Kraitchik, Jean-Charles de la Faille, David Ruelle, Lucien Godeaux, François Walther de Sluze, Germinal Pierre Dandelin, André Tacquet, Alphonse Antonio de Sarasa, Victor D'Hondt, Egbert van Kampen, Théodore Moret, Adriaan van Roomen, Edouard Zeckendorf, Constantin Le Paige, Jan Denef, Joseph Tilly,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 82. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Simon Stevin (1548/49 - 1620) was a Flemish mathematician and engineer. He was active in a great many areas of science and engineering, both theoretical and practical. He also translated various mathematical terms into Dutch, making it one of the few European languages in which the word for mathematics, wiskunde ("the art of what is certain"), was not derived from Greek (via Latin). Stevin was born in Bruges, Flanders (now Belgium) in the year 1548, to Antheunis Stevin and Cathelyne van der Poort. Very little has been recorded about his life. Even the exact date of birth and the date and place of his death (The Hague or Leiden) are uncertain. It is known that he left a widow with two children; and one or two hints scattered throughout his works inform us that he began life as a merchant's clerk in Antwerp, that he travelled in Poland, Denmark and other parts of northern Europe. After his travels, he became advisor and tutor of Prince Maurice of Nassau, who asked his advice on many occasions, and made him a public officer - at first director of the so-called "waterstaet" (the government authority for public works), and later quartermaster-general. In Bruges there...http://booksllc.net/?id=72586 ... Read more

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This standard work contains almost all pubications by the Flemish mathematician and engineer Simon Stevin (1548/49-1620), who beside his many inventions made important contributions to mathematics, the philosophy of science, bookkeeping, music theory and the art of war (as advisor and teacher of Prince Maurits of Nassau, during the Dutch 80 years war against Spain. Amongst his most important publications are : Tafelen van Interest (Tables of interest) in 1582; Problemata geometrica in 1583; De Thiende (La Theinde, The tenth) in 1585 in which decimals were introduced in Europe; La pratique d'arithmétique in 1585; L'arithmétique in 1585 in which he presented a uniform treatment for solving algebraic equations; De Beghinselen der Weeghconst in 1586, accompanied by De Weeghdaet; De Beghinselen des Waterwichts (Principles on the weight of water) in 1586 on the subject of hydrostatics; Vita Politica. Named Burgherlick leven (Civil life) in 1590; De Stercktenbouwing (The construction of fortifications) published in 1594; De Havenvinding (Position finding) published in 1599; De Hemelloop in 1608; Wiskonstighe Ghedachtenissen (Mathematical Memoirs). This included earlier works like De Driehouckhandel (Trigonometry), De Meetdaet (Practice of measuring), and De Deursichtighe (Perspective); Castrametatio, dat is legermeting and Nieuwe Maniere van Stercktebou door Spilsluysen (New ways of building of sluices) published in 1617; De Spiegheling der Singconst (Theory of the art of singing). ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Simon Stevin (1548/49 ? 1620) was a Flemish mathematician and engineer. He was active in a great many areas of science and engineering, both theoretical and practical. He also translated various mathematical terms into Dutch, making it one of the few European languages in which the word for mathematics, wiskunde ("the art of what is certain"), was not derived from Greek (via Latin).Stevin was born in Bruges, Flanders (now Belgium) in the year 1548, to Antheunis Stevin and Cathelyne van der Poort. ... Read more