Crossroads: History of Science, History of Art

Essays by David Speiser, vol. II
Herausgegeben:Williams, Kim

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Birkhäuser / Springer Basel / Springer, Basel
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-0348-0743-2
• 2011
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 266g
• ISBN-13: 9783034807432
• ISBN-10: 3034807430
• Artikelnr.: 42164743

Inhaltsangabe

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.