Crossroads: History of Science, History of Art - Essays by David Speiser, vol. II

A follow-up to the volume "Discovering the Principles of Mechanics 1600-1800. Essays by David Speiser" (Birkhäuser 2008), this volume contains the essays of David Speiser on relationships between science, history of science, history of art and philosophy.

List of contents

Foreword.- Editor's Note.- The Symmetry of the Ornament on a Jewel of the Treasure of Mycenae.- Arab and Pisan Mathematics in the Piazza dei Miracoli.- Architecture, Mathematics and Theology in Raphael's Paintings.- What can the Historian of Science Learn from the Historian of the Fine Arts?- The Importance of Concepts for Science.- Remarks on Space and Time in Newton, Leibniz, Euler and in Modern Physics.- Gruppentheorie und Quantenmechanik: The Book and its Position in Weyl's Work.- Clifford A. Truesdell's Contributions to the Euler and the Bernoulli Editions.- Publishing Complete Works of the Great Scientists: An International Undertaking.- The History of Science at the Crossroads of the Pathways towards Philosophy and History.- Index of Names.

Product details

• Assisted by: Kim Williams (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Basel
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.09.2014
• EAN: 9783034807432
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3480743-2
• No. of pages: 154
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 9 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 266 g
• Illustrations: XII, 154 p.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries; B, History, Architecture, Mathematics, Mathematics and Statistics, History of Architecture, History of Mathematical Sciences, Theory of architecture, Architectural History and Theory