Practical mathematics in a commercial metropolis Practical mathematics in a commercial metropolis

Practical mathematics in a commercial metropolis

Mathematical life in late 16th century Antwerp

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Beschreibung des Verlags

This volumedescribes the development and the ultimate demise of the practice of mathematics in sixteenth century Antwerp. Against the background of the violent history of the Religious Wars the story of the practice of mathematics in Antwerp is told through the lives of two protagonists Michiel Coignet and Peeter Heyns. The book touches on all aspects of practical mathematics from teaching  and instrument making to the practice of building fortifications of the practice of navigation.​

GENRE
Wissenschaft und Natur
ERSCHIENEN
2013
12. März
SPRACHE
EN
Englisch
UMFANG
273
Seiten
VERLAG
Springer Netherlands
GRÖSSE
20.4
 MB

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