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Unrolling Time: Christiaan Huygens and the Mathematization of Nature
Joella G. Yoder
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Description for Unrolling Time: Christiaan Huygens and the Mathematization of Nature
hardcover. A case study of the interrelationship between mathematics and physics during the Scientific Revolution. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19 half-tones, 25 line diagrams. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Cloth covers, no dj as issued, remains very good
This case study examines the interrelationship between mathematics and physics in the work of one of the major figures of the Scientific Revolution: the Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer, Christian Huygens (1629–1695). Joella Yoder details the creative interaction that led Huygens to invent a pendulum clock that theoretically beat absolutely uniform time, to measure the constant of gravitational acceleration, to analyze centrifugal force, and to create the mathematical theory of evolutes. In the second half of the book, Dr Yoder places Huygens's work in the context of his time by examining his relationship with other scientists and the priority disputes ... Read more
This case study examines the interrelationship between mathematics and physics in the work of one of the major figures of the Scientific Revolution: the Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer, Christian Huygens (1629–1695). Joella Yoder details the creative interaction that led Huygens to invent a pendulum clock that theoretically beat absolutely uniform time, to measure the constant of gravitational acceleration, to analyze centrifugal force, and to create the mathematical theory of evolutes. In the second half of the book, Dr Yoder places Huygens's work in the context of his time by examining his relationship with other scientists and the priority disputes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521341400
SKU
KSG0036981
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Reviews for Unrolling Time: Christiaan Huygens and the Mathematization of Nature
"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." ... Read more