Between tradition and innovation : Gregorio a San Vicente and the Flemish Jesuit mathematics school / / by Ad J. Meskens ; with contributions by Herman van Looy |
Autore | Meskens Ad |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 293 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 510.711493 |
Collana | Jesuit Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - Belgium - History - 17th century
Mathematicians - Belgium Mathematics teachers - Belgium |
ISBN | 90-04-44790-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: The Low Countries, Spain, and Europe -- The college and its school of mathematics -- The seventeenth century : the dawn of a new era -- Francisco de Aguilón and mathematical optics -- Gregorio a San Vicente : an ignored genius -- The creative Antwerp-Leuven period -- Exhaustion : the road to infinitesimals -- Infinitesimal calculus at work -- Rome and Prague, the final discoveries -- The erroneous circle quadrature -- Joannes della Faille and the beginning of projective geometry -- The Antwerp students -- The Leuven students -- The later disciples -- The Jesuit architects -- The influence of the school of mathematics. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794687303321 |
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Between tradition and innovation : Gregorio a San Vicente and the Flemish Jesuit mathematics school / / by Ad J. Meskens ; with contributions by Herman van Looy |
Autore | Meskens Ad |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 293 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 510.711493 |
Collana | Jesuit Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - Belgium - History - 17th century
Mathematicians - Belgium Mathematics teachers - Belgium |
ISBN | 90-04-44790-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: The Low Countries, Spain, and Europe -- The college and its school of mathematics -- The seventeenth century : the dawn of a new era -- Francisco de Aguilón and mathematical optics -- Gregorio a San Vicente : an ignored genius -- The creative Antwerp-Leuven period -- Exhaustion : the road to infinitesimals -- Infinitesimal calculus at work -- Rome and Prague, the final discoveries -- The erroneous circle quadrature -- Joannes della Faille and the beginning of projective geometry -- The Antwerp students -- The Leuven students -- The later disciples -- The Jesuit architects -- The influence of the school of mathematics. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810079203321 |
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Exploring Classical Greek Construction Problems with Interactive Geometry Software [[electronic resource] /] / by Ad Meskens, Paul Tytgat |
Autore | Meskens Ad |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XII, 185 p. 160 illus., 10 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 510 |
Collana | Compact Textbooks in Mathematics |
Soggetto topico |
Geometry
Mathematics History Mathematics—Study and teaching History of Mathematical Sciences Mathematics Education |
ISBN | 3-319-42863-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1 Introduction -- 2 The Genesis of Geometry -- 3 Straightedge and compass constructions -- 4 The Delian Problem -- 5 Trisecting an angle -- 6 Squaring the circle -- 7 Constructible numbers -- 8 The Cinderella of regular polygons -- Afterthoughts -- Solutions -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910163994203321 |
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Practical mathematics in a commercial metropolis [[electronic resource] ] : Mathematical life in late 16th century Antwerp / / by Ad Meskens |
Autore | Meskens Ad |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (268 p.) |
Disciplina |
510.9
510.949322209031 |
Collana | Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology |
Soggetto topico |
History
Mathematics Physics Architecture History of Science History of Mathematical Sciences History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics Architectural History and Theory |
ISBN |
1-299-40808-7
94-007-5721-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1 Preface -- 2 Introduction -- 3 The Family Coignet -- 4 Peeter Heyns and the Nymphs of the Laurel Tree -- 5 The Arithmetic Teacher and his School -- 6 The Antwerp arithmetic books -- 7 Winegauging -- 8 Instrumentmakers -- 9 The Art of Navigation -- 10 Mapping the World -- 11 Looking towards the Stars -- 12 Ballistics and fortifications -- 13 Conclusion -- Appendices -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910438325503321 |
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Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 | ||
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