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Yoder

 
9780521524810: Unrolling Time

Synopsis

A case study of the interrelationship between mathematics and physics during the Scientific Revolution.

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Revue de presse

"In her account of Huygen's mathematical reasonings, Yoder achieves an admirable combination of clarity and concision with faithfulness to the original. Her book casts a new and clear light on a mid-seventeenth-century phase of the scientific revolution." The Eighteenth Century

"...a significant contribution to scholarship on Huygens and to our understanding of scientific thinking in his time." Choice

"...an enlightening, sometimes surprising account fo the 'beautiful, intricate display of creativity.'" Perceptual and Motor Skills

"...Yoder has written a little gem of modern history of science at its scholarly best...it deserves to be read outside the confines of that discipline." Contemporary Physics

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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780521341400: Unrolling Time: Christiaan Huygens and the Mathematization of Nature

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  052134140X ISBN 13 :  9780521341400
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1989
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