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

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
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 26.06.2009
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History
• EAN: 9789027712363
• ISBN: 978-90-277-1236-3
• Pages: 163
• Illustrations: XX, 163 p.
• Dimensions (packing): 15.5 x 23.5 x 1.6 cm
• Weight (packing): 479 g
• Series: Studies in the History of Modern Science > Vol.7; Studies in the History of Modern Science, Volume 7; Studies in the History of Modern Science > 7