Magic is No Magic: The Wonderful World of Simon Stevin - Rilegato

Devreese, Jozef T.; Berghe, Guido Vanden

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1845640926 ISBN 13: 9781845640927

Casa editrice: Wit Pr/Computational Mechanics, 2007

Riassunto

This book gives a comprehensive picture of the activities and the creative heritage of Simon Stevin, who made outstanding contributions to various fields of science in particular, physics and mathematics and many more. Among the striking spectrum of his ingenious achievements, it is worth emphasizing, that Simon Stevin is rightly considered as the father of the system of decimal fractions as it is in use today. Stevin also urged the universal use of decimal fractions along with standardization in coinage, measures and weights. This was a most visionary proposal. Stevin was the first since Archimedes to make a significant new contribution to statics and hydrostatics. He truly was uomo universalis .The impact of the Stevin s works has been multilateral and worldwide, including literature (William Shakespeare), science (from Christian Huygens to Richard Feynman), politics (Thomas Jefferson) and many other fields. Thomas Jefferson, together with Alexander Hamilton and Robert Morris, advocated introducing the decimal monetary units in the USA with reference to the book De Thiende by S. Stevin and in particular to the English translation of the book: Disme: The Art of Tenths by Robert Norton. In accordance with the title of this translation, the name of the first silver coin issued in the USA in 1792 was disme (since 1837 the spelling changed to ( dime ). It was considered as a symbol of national independence of the USA.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Wit Pr/Computational Mechanics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1845640926
• ISBN 13: 9781845640927
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 310
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile