Rethinking Stevin, Stevin Rethinking: Constructions of a Dutch PolymathThis 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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| Titel | Rethinking Stevin, Stevin Rethinking: Constructions of a Dutch Polymath Nuncius Series |
| Bijdragers | C.A. Davids, Fokko Jan Dijksterhuis, Ida H. Stamhuis, Rienk H. Vermij |
| Uitgever | BRILL, 2020 |
| ISBN | 9004432914, 9789004432918 |
| Lengte | 288 pagina's |
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