The Land of Stevin and Huygens: A Sketch of Science and Technology in the Dutch Republic During the Golden Century

Portada
Springer Science & Business Media, 1981 - 162 páginas
Translation of: Het land van Stevin en Huygens. With corrections and additional material.

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The Young Republic
1
Ancient Science
6
The Period of Transition
18
The Dutch Teachers of Mathematics and Navigation
32
Simon Stevin
52
The New Science
61
Descartes
77
Christiaan Huygens
89
The Living World
102
Colonial Science
123
Into the Age of Boerhaave
132
Notes
136
Bibliography
147
Index
152
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