Titlebook: Simon Stevin; Science in the Nethe E. J. Dijksterhuis Book 1970 Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands 1970 Archimedean Principle.John St

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Music,cal theory did not contain much more than the mathematical doctrine of intervals, and it was generally regarded as falling within the competence of mathematicians. The traditional connection between music and arithmetic, which had existed in the mediaeval quadrivium, still survived. It was by no mea

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,Stevin’s Works,n used in the preceding chapters for purposes of reference. Translations and reprints are only mentioned insofar as they may be of interest to the reader. In the text an English translation precedes every title, and the modern name, if any, is also given.

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,Stevin’s Life, he was born in 1548, is to be inferred with reasonable certainty from the legend of a contemporary portrait in oils, which is now the property of the Library of Leyden University. This date is further confirmed (or at least not contradicted) by one of the four documents that contain all of the existing information on Stevin’s birth and parentage.

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Music,thematicians. The traditional connection between music and arithmetic, which had existed in the mediaeval quadrivium, still survived. It was by no means necessary for a writer to be musical in the emotional sense of the word in order to feel interested in intervals.

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Book 1970of scientific knowledge around 1600 in central Europe. The recent publi­ cation of his Principal Works, with an English translation, has again attracted attention to his fascinating personality. The book on Stevin by Professor E. J. Dijksterhuis, originally published in the Dutch language, is an exc

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