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A follow-up to the volume ""Discovering the Principles of Mechanics 1600-1800. Essays by David Speiser"" (Birkhäuser 2008), this volume contains the essays of David Speiser on relationships between science, history of science, history of art and philosophy.

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Author:   Kim Williams
Publisher:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Imprint:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.424kg
ISBN:  

9783034801386

ISBN 10:   3034801386
Pages:   154
Publication Date:   18 June 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword.- Editor’s Note.- The Symmetry of the Ornament on a Jewel of the Treasure of Mycenae.- Arab and Pisan Mathematics in the Piazza dei Miracoli.- Architecture, Mathematics and Theology in Raphael's Paintings.- What can the Historian of Science Learn from the Historian of the Fine Arts?- The Importance of Concepts for Science.- Remarks on Space and Time in Newton, Leibniz, Euler and in Modern Physics.- Gruppentheorie und Quantenmechanik: The Book and its Position in Weyl's Work.- Clifford A. Truesdell's Contributions to the Euler and the Bernoulli Editions.- Publishing Complete Works of the Great Scientists: An International Undertaking.- The History of Science at the Crossroads of the Pathways towards Philosophy and History.- Index of Names.

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