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Devreese, University of Antwerp, Belgium and G. Vanden Berghe, Ghent University, Belgium </p> </div> <div class="book-page-info"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-3"> <p> <span class="medium-green-text">Price</span> </p> </div> <div class="col-md-9"> <p> $218.00 (free shipping) </p> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-3"> <p> <span class="medium-green-text">ISBN</span> </p> </div> <div class="col-md-9"> <p> 978-1-84564-092-7 </p> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-3"> <p> <span class="medium-green-text">eISBN</span> </p> </div> <div class="col-md-9"> <p> 978-1-84564-299-0 </p> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-3"> <p> <span class="medium-green-text">Pages</span> </p> </div> <div class="col-md-9"> <p> 352 </p> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-3"> <p> <span class="medium-green-text">Published</span> </p> </div> <div class="col-md-9"> <p> 2008 </p> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-3"> <p> <span class="medium-green-text">Format</span> </p> </div> <div class="col-md-9"> <p> Hardback </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="show_hide_box"><a class="show_hide" href="#" rel="#slidingDiv_15594"><span style="margin-right: 5px" class="glyphicon glyphicon-minus"></span> Description</a></div><div id="slidingDiv_15594" class="toggleDiv" style="display:block;text-align:justify;"><p>Simon Stevin made outstanding contributions to various fields of science, in particular physics and mathematics, as well as many more. Among the striking spectrum of his ingenious achievements, it is worth emphasizing that Simon Stevin is rightly considered the father of the decimal fraction system as it is 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 scientist since Archimedes to make a significant new contribution to the fields of statics and hydrostatics. He was a true homo universalis and this book gives a comprehensive picture of his activities and the creative heritage.</p> <p>The impact of Stevin’s works has been multilateral and worldwide, and it is evident in literature, science, politics and many other fields. Given the way science works today, it would be impossible for a single individual to make meaningful contributions in as many areas as Simon Stevin did. The purpose of this book is to introduce Simon Stevin and his work to the widest possible readership. In doing so, the authors have kept to established historical facts and critically underpinned scientific insights into Stevin and his work. This is the first complete and accessible history of the work of Simon Stevin.</p> </div><div class="show_hide_box"><a class="show_hide" href="#" rel="#slidingDiv_15596"><span style="margin-right: 5px" class="glyphicon glyphicon-plus"></span> Biographies</a></div><div id="slidingDiv_15596" class="toggleDiv" style="display:none;text-align:justify;"><div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #02ba9f; padding-bottom: 3px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="col-md-8" style="padding-left: 0px;"><strong>Jozef T. Devreese</strong><br /><p>Jozef T. Devreese is a professor in theoretical physics at the University of Antwerp and at the Technical University of Eindhoven. He has numerous publications to his name, which also concern the history of science.</p> </div><div class="col-md-4" style="padding-right: 0px;"><img src="/theme/Witpress/img/biographies/41/jozef_t_devreese.jpg" class="img-responsive pull-right" alt=""/></div></div><div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #02ba9f; padding-bottom: 3px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="col-md-12" style="padding-left: 0px;"><strong>Guido Vanden Berghe</strong><br /><p>Guido Vanden Berghe is a Professor in Numerical Mathematics at the University of Ghent. He has numerous publications to his name, which also relate to the history of science.</p> </div></div></div><div class="show_hide_box"><a class="show_hide" href="#" rel="#slidingDiv_5"><span style="margin-right: 5px" class="glyphicon glyphicon-plus"></span> Reviews</a></div><div id="slidingDiv_5" class="toggleDiv" style="display: none;"><p><cite><p>...This is an interesting, well-written, well-illustrated and particularly well-translated book (I think that translators often don’t get the credit they deserve) about a fascinating and important person who made a spectacular contribution to mathematics, decimal arithmetic...It really is a good book.</p> <p> </p> </cite></p><p>MAA REVIEWS, Mar 2009.</p><br /><p><cite><p>This superficial renumeration shows the incredibly versatile mind of Stevin. However, even more important is that the book illustrates, through detailed considerations and examples, that he reached great depth using logical deduction based on mathematics (not customary in his time!).</p> <p>The work reads easily and yet it is not just a popularizing reader: if offers the opportunity to go deeply in Stevin's accomplishments through the reproductions and quotations. This is worth the effort. 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