Practical mathematics in a commercial metropolis Mathematical life in late 16th century Antwerp /

This volumedescribes�the development and the ultimate demise of the practice of mathematics in�sixteenth century Antwerp. Against the background of the violent history of the Religious Wars the story of the practice of mathematics in Antwerp is told through the lives of two protagonists Michiel Coig...

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Main Author: Meskens, Ad. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, 31
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5721-9