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

I. The Young Republic.- II. Ancient Science.- III. The Period of Transition.- IV. The Dutch Teachers of Mathematics and Navigation.- V. Simon Stevin.- VI. The New Science.- VII. Descartes.- VIII. Christiaan Huygens.- IX. The Living World.- X. Colonial Science.- XI. Into the Age of Boerhaave.- Notes.

List of contents

I. The Young Republic.- II. Ancient Science.- III. The Period of Transition.- IV. The Dutch Teachers of Mathematics and Navigation.- V. Simon Stevin.- VI. The New Science.- VII. Descartes.- VIII. Christiaan Huygens.- IX. The Living World.- X. Colonial Science.- XI. Into the Age of Boerhaave.- Notes.

Product details

• Authors: D J Struik, D. J. Struik, D.J. Struik, Dirk J. Struik
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.10.2013
• EAN: 9789400984332
• ISBN: 978-94-0-098433-2
• No. of pages: 163
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 12 mm
• Illustrations: XX, 163 p.
• Series: Studies in the History of Modern Science; Studies in the History of Modern Science
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries