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.
Tabella dei contenuti
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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