Simon Stevin
1549-1620
Dutch mathematician and military engineer who founded the science of hydrostatics by showing that the pressure exerted by a liquid upon a given surface depends on the height of ...
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Simon Stevin
1548-1620
Flemish Mathematician and Engineer
Simon Stevin was the first to systematically develop the ideas of Archimedes on the equilibrium of solid bodies and liquids. He established th...
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Stevin, Simon (1548-1620)
Belgian-born Dutch mathematician and engineer
Simon Stevin (Latinized to Stevinus, as was the custom of the times) took as his motto, "Wonderful, yet not unfathomable,...
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Simon Stevin (1548-1620) was an influential mathematician and engineer with a broad range of interests. He offered new insights and discoveries in the development of decimal numbers and the laws of in...
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Simon Stevin was born in Bruges, Flanders, the son of Antheunis Stevin and Cathelijne van de Poort. As a young man, he began work as a bookkeeper, but soon found work as an itinerant engineer. He trav...
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An encyclopedic mind and a prolific writer on many topics, Stevin, known as "the Dutch Archimedes," contributed to many areas of knowledge, particularly arithmetic, algebra, geometry, physics, optics,...
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Stevin was born in Bruges, Flanders, an illegitimate child of socially prominent parents. He began his career as a bookkeeper, but eventually traded a clerical life for one of science. He traveled wid...
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Simon Stevin
Stevin, Simon (1548-1620)
Simon Stevin
Simon Stevin
Simon Stevin
Simon Stevin