1. CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Simon Stevin (Catholic Encyclopedia)Category Society Religion and Spirituality S......Simon Stevin. Born at Bruges in 1548; died at Leyden in 1620. sur la vie etles travaux de Simon Stevin de Bruges (Brussels, 1846); STEICHEN, Mém. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14293b.htm

Home Encyclopedia Summa Fathers ... S > Simon Stevin A B C D ... Z Simon Stevin GOETHALS, Notice hist. sur la vie et les travaux de Simon Stevin de Bruges (Brussels, 1846); STEICHEN, (Brussels, 1846); CANTOR, , II (2nd ed., Leipzig, 1900). H. BOSMANS Transcribed by Thomas J. Bress The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XIV Nihil Obstat, July 1, 1912. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York We also recommend The Catholic Company and Aquinas and More and The Catholic Store for Catholic books and gifts. Subscribe to our FREE Catholic newsletter. 23 March 2003. "Blessed be Jesus Christ in His Angels and in His Saints The Divine Praises

2. Famous Belgians - Simon Stevin Simon Stevin. Simon Stevin (15481620), the Flemish mathematician and engineer,was born in Bruges and initiated the science of hydrostatics http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Tielemans/hp139.htm

Simon Stevin Simon Stevin (1548-1620), the Flemish mathematician and engineer, was born in Bruges and initiated the science of hydrostatics by demonstrating that the pressure exerted by a liquid upon a given surface depends on the height of the liquid and the area of the surface. While quartermaster in the army, Stevin invented a way of flooding the lowlands in the path of invading forces by opening selected sluices in dikes. The author of 11 books, he contributed significantly to the sciences of trigonometry, geography, fortification, and navigation and devised and urged the universal use of decimal fractions and decimal systems of coins, weights, and measures.

3. Stevin Simon Stevin. Chronology 1500 to 1600. Honours awarded to Simon Stevin (Clicka link below for the full list of mathematicians honoured in this way). http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Stevin.html

Simon Stevin Born: 1548 in Bruges, Flanders (now Belgium) Died: 1620 in The Hague, Holland Click the picture above to see three larger pictures Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index Simon Stevin was a Dutch mathematician and 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 the liquid and the area of the surface. Stevin was a bookkeeper in Antwerp, then a clerk in the tax office at Brugge. After this he moved to Leiden where he first attended the Latin school, then he entered the University of Leiden in 1583 (at the age of 35). While quartermaster in the Dutch army, Stevin invented a way of flooding the lowlands in the path of an invading army by opening selected sluices in dikes. He was an outstanding engineer who built windmills, locks and ports. He advised the Prince Maurice of Nassau on building fortifications for the war against Spain. The author of 11 books, Stevin made significant contributions to trigonometry, geography, fortification, and navigation. In

4. Stevin Simon Stevin (15481620) In 1998 we celebrate Simon Stevin's 450-th birthday. http://home.wxs.nl/~hopfam/StevinEngels.html

Home Page dedicated to Simon Stevin (1548-1620) In 1998 we celebrate Simon Stevin's 450-th birthday. In the low countries he is not only remarkable for his contributions to mathematics, physics and many other fields of knowledge, but also for his influence on the Dutch language. Like his contemporary Galilei he preferred to publish his findings in his native language and he coined new Dutch terms when necessary, many of which are still in use today. Those who see the WWW as the means par excellence for the dissemination of knowledge will find it appropriate that a home page be dedicated to this remarkable figure who did so much to spread knowledge using the means that were modern in his own time. We hope to extend and improve this home page in the course of the memorial year 1998. One aspect of the Dutch version of this home page might escape those who are not familiar with that language: In what we hope is a playfull appreciation of Stevin's significance for the Dutch language, we will avoid the use of foreign words in the Dutch version of this home page. This makes the enterprise of building this home page similar to Stevin's work in one respect: whereas he had to coin new words for notions that were commonly expressed in Latin, we will have to coin new words for concepts that are normally referred to by English words. Life and work of Stevin Here you will find a short biographical note, a transcription of the titelpages of his works and a discussion of his significance for the Dutch language. (In Dutch)

5. Recherche : Auteur stevin simon , Certification IDDN.Dans les fiches. 1 fiche trouvée 1980 http://publimath.irem.univ-mrs.fr/cgi-bin/publimath.pl?r=auteur=Stevin Simon

6. Stevin Translate this page stevin simon flamand, 1548-1620 Aussi appelé Simon de Bruges, ingénieur,physicien, professeur de mathématiques, comptable et http://www.sciences-en-ligne.com/momo/chronomath/chrono1/Stevin.html

STEVIN Simon flamand, 1548-1620 Simon de Bruges , ingénieur, physicien, professeur de mathématiques, comptable et administrateur des finances de la ville de Bruges, il publia des tables de calcul d'intérêts. Il s'illustra également en mécanique en reprenant des travaux d' vecteur La notation des vecteurs Chasles Argand Hamilton Gibbs ... Heaviside De Thiende La disme r de Rudolff Il nota un nombre comme 32,578 sous la forme : pour signifier : d'aujourd'hui; o Snellius et de Neper De Morgan , par exemple. , le contexte permettant de ne pas confondre avec les conventions ci-dessus. Descartes et Newton Neper

7. Simon Stevin Simon Stevin een man van spiegeling en daad. 350 jaar geleden, in 1548,werd in Brugge Simon Stevin geboren. Als uitvinder en ingenieur http://www.gewina.nl/dutch/anwfiles/rv_stevin.htm

Simon Stevin - een man van spiegeling en daad 350 jaar geleden, in 1548, werd in Brugge Simon Stevin geboren. Als uitvinder en ingenieur is hij beroemd geworden. De meeste mensen kennen zijn naam van de lagere of middelbare school. Maar niet iedereen weet waarin zijn betekenis nu precies ligt. De naam van Simon Stevin is bij het grote publiek vooral verbonden met enkele anecdotes. Zijn bekendste wapenfeiten zijn de zeilwagen die hij voor Prins Maurits bouwde, en zijn boek over de tiendelige breuken. Maar die feitjes zeggen weinig over zijn betekenis als geleerde. De zeilwagen was vooral een aardigheidje om de prins mee te vermaken. Hij was alleen bruikbaar voor plezierritjes langs het strand van Noord-Holland. Veel nut had hij verder niet en met het ontwerp is verder ook niets gebeurd. De tiendelige breuken zijn wel bekend gebleven. Zij worden zelfs nog dagelijks gebruikt, en dat is inderdaad vooral Stevins verdienste. Het gaat om een voor de praktijk heel handige notatie. Maar ze zijn niet door Stevin zelf bedacht. Anderen waren al eerder op het idee gekomen. Stevin heeft ze alleen krachtig aanbevolen. Het is terecht dat Simon Stevin zo beroemd is geworden, maar zijn betekenis valt niet zo maar in enkele anecdotes, of in een lijstje belangrijke uitvindingen, samen te vatten. Om zijn betekenis te begrijpen moeten we iets dieper ingaan op zijn leven en de manier waarop hij zijn vak opvatte.

8. Simon Stevin Simon Stevin (1548 1620). Back to the main text LanguagePurification / Purism or Standard Language. http://www.ned.univie.ac.at/Publicaties/taalgeschiedenis/en/simon.htm

Simon Stevin Back to the main text: Language Purification / Purism or Standard Language

9. Landelijke Zeilwagenfederatie Vzw, Simon Stevin Simon Stevin Brussel, Voorzitter Francis Callens, Bloemenlaan 29, 1950Kraainem, tel. (02) 731 64 40. Secretaris Frank Ghys, Berchemstraat http://user.online.be/~lazef/nl_federat/stevin.htm

10. Simon Stevin - Wikipedia NL Andere talen English. Simon Stevin. De BelgischNederlandse toegepast wiskundigeen ingenieur Simon Stevin (1548-1620) was als wetenschapper een laatbloeier. http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Stevin

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11. Simon Stevin Simon Stevin. Simon Stevin(15481620) was a Dutch engineer. He wasa contemporary of Galileï (1564-1642). Unlike the latter he had http://www.cwi.nl/~jandv/Simon_Stevin.html

Simon Stevin Simon Stevin He was not only theoretically envolved with the scientific problems of his time, but also practically. He was the mathematics and mechanics teacher of Prince Maurits and he was an expert in the art of fortification (those who know our local history can learn from this why Prince Maurits could be so successful in fighting the Spanish armies), he developed the teaching program of a new school for enginieers in Leiden, he worked on an improved concept for mills, he wrote about the art of navigation, etc.. For short: he knew about everything which made our nation great in that time (and attractive for tourists now). He argued that to make science useful it was not only necessary that all publications were written in the native language (therefore, he invented Dutch words for all scientific and mathematical terms known to him - most of which are still in use), but that it should also be simplified as much as possible. For instance, he was an ardent advocate of the use of decimal fractions and of the decimal system for coins, measures and weights. One of his most famous reasonings, of which he was quite proud himself, was the proof that in an equilibrium situation on an inclined plane the weights of the bodies involved are proportional with the lengths of the planes. Nowadays we prove that using the sines of the angles that the planes make with the horizontal plane, and we decompose the weights of the bodies in forces parallel and perpendicular to the inclined planes. Stevin used an ingenious geometrical argument. He considered the following picture:

12. SIMON STEVIN SIMON STEVIN. (15481620). Sa nascut in 1548 in Bruges, Flonders (acum Belgia).A fost inginer olandez. A trait in aceeasi perioada ca si Galilei. http://www.lefo.ro/carmensylva/curriculum/webfizica/istoriafizicii/simon_stevin.

13. Stevin, Simon Catalog of the Scientific Community stevin, simon. Scientific Societies MembershipsNone. Sources EJ Dijksterhuis, simon stevin, ('sGravenhage Nijhoff, 1943). http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/Catalog/Files/stevin.html

Catalog of the Scientific Community Stevin, Simon Note: the creators of the Galileo Project and this catalogue cannot answer email on genealogical questions. 1. Dates Born: Brugge, 1548 Died: probably in The Hague, between 20 Feb. and April 1620 Dateinfo: Dates Certain Lifespan: 2. Father Occupation: Artisan Stevin was illegitimate. Though he was raised by his mother, his father's name was Antheunis Stevin. He was apparently an artisan; nothing beyond is name is really known about him. By all evidence the family was poor. 3. Nationality Birth: what is now Belgium Career: Netherlands Death: Netherlands 4. Education Schooling: Leiden In 1581, after having been a bookkeeper in Antwerp and then a clerk in the tax office around Brugge, he moved to Leiden, enrolled in the Latin school, and in 1583 in the university. He remained enrolled until 1590. No evidence of a degree. 5. Religion Affiliation: Catholic, Calvinist Probably originally a Catholic; certainly a Calvinist after the move to the United Provinces. Wholly pragmatic in religion; without serious spiritual feeling. 6. Scientific Disciplines

14. Belgian Mathematical Society : Bulletin Of The Belg. Math. Soc. Contents of all volumes; articles from volumes 13 (1994-6). http://www.ulb.ac.be/assoc/bms/bms.bull.html

B ulletin Bulletin of the Belgian Mathematical Society Simon Stevin General Information Instructions for authors Subscription information Back issues ... Table of contents - Previous volumes Page : BMS OtherMathematical Servers Creation's date : February 16,1996 Conception : MarcHenrard Person in charge : Philippe Cara

15. Simon Stevin Exchange Program simon stevin Exchange Program an international exchange program in the history of science http://www.wmw.utwente.nl/ges/stevin.htm

Simon Stevin Exchange Program an international exchange program in the history of science In 1993 eight departments for the history of science in the Netherlands, England and Northern America have established an international exchange program for Ph.D. students and staff. The basic idea of the program is to share one another's expertise and facilities, to the benefit of both students and staff. Ph.D. students taking part in the program will stay for one term at another department that complements training received at their home university. They will follow two or three courses; give a seminar paper; have informal discussions with students and staff; in some cases increase their command of a foreign language; and profit from the enriching experience of expert knowledge and a different culture. Members of staff will visit other departments to give informal and formal presentations, as well as to do research and teaching for a longer period. The program has no regular funding. Grants for specific exchanges have been provided by the Wellcome Foundation, the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, and the Huizinga School for Cultural History. List of participants Department of History , University of Twente, P.O.Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, the Netherlands

16. BBC - History - Simon Stevin (1548 - 1620) stevin was a true scientific pioneer, working on triangulation and decimals, yet best known for constructing winddriven carriages that he and his friends raced along the beaches. Send it to a friend! simon stevin (1548 - 1620) http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/stevin_simon.shtml

CATEGORIES TV RADIO COMMUNICATE ... INDEX SEARCH SUNDAY 30th March 2003 Text only BBC Homepage History Topics ... Help Like this page? Send it to a friend! Simon Stevin (1548 - 1620) Born illegitimate, Stevin was raised in poverty and began his career as a bookkeeper before becoming a tax clerk around Bruges. In 1581 he moved to Leyden and eventually went to University in 1583, aged thirty-five, where he stayed for seven years. He earned a living from his inventions, which focused on the many canals and waterways around him. His machines included mechanical devices for dredging, a mill to pump water and a device to pull ships over obstacles. He developed and promoted the use of sluices, appreciating their military value in flooding approaching enemies, and researched hydrostatics to assess the stability of floating platforms used in military assaults. His work - the first in this field since Archimedes - showed that the pressure exerted by a liquid upon a given surface depended on the height of the liquid and the area of the surface. Fusing theoretical knowledge with practical skill, Stevin published extensively on mathematics, military and civil engineering and mechanics. He published the first theoretical treatise on mills, and patented improvements to their gearing and scoop wheels. He developed a triangulation instrument, the triquetium, and made important contributions to geography, navigation and trigonometry. In La Theinde (published 1585), he introduced decimal fractions to mathematics, writing 8.937 as 80913273. The first figure was the integer or unit of commencement (represented by the 0), and subsequent ones the prime, second and third represented by the 1, 2 and 3.

17. Stevin Flemish mathematician published 11 books on trigonometry, geography and navigation, and founded the science of hydrostatics. simon stevin. Born 1548 in Bruges, Flanders (now Belgium) http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Stevin.html

Simon Stevin Born: 1548 in Bruges, Flanders (now Belgium) Died: 1620 in The Hague, Holland Click the picture above to see three larger pictures Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index Simon Stevin was a Dutch mathematician and 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 the liquid and the area of the surface. Stevin was a bookkeeper in Antwerp, then a clerk in the tax office at Brugge. After this he moved to Leiden where he first attended the Latin school, then he entered the University of Leiden in 1583 (at the age of 35). While quartermaster in the Dutch army, Stevin invented a way of flooding the lowlands in the path of an invading army by opening selected sluices in dikes. He was an outstanding engineer who built windmills, locks and ports. He advised the Prince Maurice of Nassau on building fortifications for the war against Spain. The author of 11 books, Stevin made significant contributions to trigonometry, geography, fortification, and navigation. In

18. References For Stevin References for simon stevin. Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography(New York 19701990). Books R Depau, simon stevin (Brussels, 1942). http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/References/Stevin.html

References for Simon Stevin Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). Biography in Encyclopaedia Britannica. Books: R Depau, Simon Stevin (Brussels, 1942). E J Dijksterhuis, Simon Stevin ('S-Gravenhage, 1943). R Grabow, Simon Stevin (Leipzig, 1985). R Grabow, Simon Stevin (German), Biographien Hervorragender Naturwissenschaftler, Techniker und Mediziner (Leipzig, 1985). R Hooykaas and M G J Minnaert (eds.), Simon Stevin : Science in the Netherlands around 1600 (The Hague, 1970). D J Struik, Het land van Stevin en Huygens (Dutch) (Nijmegen, 1979). D J Struik, The land of Stevin and Huygens (Dordrecht-Boston, Mass., 1981). D J Struik (ed.), The principal works of Simon Stevin. Vols. IIA, IIB : Mathematics (Amsterdam, 1958). Articles: K Andersen, Stevin's theory of perspective : the origin of a Dutch academic approach to perspective, Tractrix H F Cohen, Simon Stevin's equal division of the octave, Ann. of Sci. E J Dijksterhuis, Simon Stevin (Dutch), Simon Stevin Soc. Nat. Luxembourgeois. Bull. Mensuels. N.S.

19. W.S.V. Simon Stevin Studievereniging Werktuigbouwkunde. http://www.simonstevin.tue.nl/

Simon Stevin is the student association for Mechanical Engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE) in The Netherlands. Voor navigatie zie menu.html vereniging.html activiteiten.html onderwijs.html ... commissies.html , het main start frame is start.html

20. Stevin 1998 vierden we de 450ste geboortedag van simon stevin. Als geen ander in ons taalgebied heeft stevin zich sterk http://home.wxs.nl/~hopfam/Stevin.html

Honkblad van Simon Stevin (1548-1620) In 1998 vierden we de 450-ste geboortedag van Simon Stevin. Als geen ander in ons taalgebied heeft Stevin zich sterk gemaakt voor de verbreiding van kennis, niet alleen door zijn oorspronkelijke bijdragen op velerlei gebied, maar ook door zijn bewuste streven die kennis te verbreiden in de volkstaal (door Stevin aangeduid als Duytsch of Nederduytsch). Wie het wereldwijde web ziet als het middel bij uitstek voor het toegankelijk maken van kennis, zal het dan ook gepast vinden dat juist voor deze wetenschapper een plekje wordt ingeruimd op het wereldwijde web. Leven en werk van Stevin Hier vindt u een korte levensbeschrijving, een afschrift van de titelbladen van zijn werken en een bespreking van zijn betekenis voor het Nederlands. J.T.L. Devreese: "Simon Stevin Brugghelinck. Spiegheling en Daet" Hier vindt u een bijdrage over de betekenis van Stevin voor de natuurkunde van de hand van Prof. Jozef T.L. Devreese (Universiteit Antwerpen / Technische Universiteit Eindhoven). Deze bijdrage verscheen eerder als catalogus bij de tentoonstelling "Spiegheling en Daet" in de centrale openbare bibliotheek "De Biecorf" te Brugge (van 9-12-1995 tot 31-1-1996) en later in het Lustrumboek "Alles beweegt: Veertig jaar W.S.V. Simon Stevin" van de Werktuigkundige Studievereniging van de TUE. De Thiende Klik op deze koppeling voor een volledige tekstverzorging van "De Thiende" met verklarende noten. Dit boekje heeft een enorme invloed gehad in Europa doordat al vroeg vertalingen verschenen in het Frans (van de hand van Stevin zelf), in het Engels (van de hand van Robert Norton) en in het Deens (een bewerking door Christoffer Dybvad). Ook van deze vertalingen wordt een afschrift opgenomen. De bezoeker van dit honkblad die mij opmerkzaam wil maken op andere zeventiende-eeuwse vertalingen, wordt hiertoe van harte uitgenodigd.

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