The Mechanization of the World Picture: Pythagoras to Newton

by Eduard J. Dijksterhuis, C. Dikshoorn (Translator)

The description for this book, The Mechanization of the World Picture: Pythagoras to Newton, will be forthcoming.

Genres: History Of Science, Science, History, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Physics, Mathematics

537 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1950

About the author

Eduard Jan Dijksterhuis was a Dutch historian of science. He studied mathematics at the University of Groningen from 1911 to 1918 and titled his Ph.D. thesis "A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Flat Helicoid." From 1916 to 1953 he was a professor and taught mathematics, physics and cosmography. He wrote about Archimedes in the late 1930s and early 1940s. He advocated changes in the way mathematics was taught to reinforce the formal characteristics of the discipline. In 1950, he was appointed as a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1953, he was appointed to teach the history of mathematics and the nature of science at Utrecht University and in 1955 at Leiden University. In 1962 he was awarded the Sarton Medal by the History of Science Society.

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 2 out of 5]

A tough, slow read for me. I am interested in the history of science but as a liberal arts major I am not strong in mathematics or physics. This book has a minimum of biographical and sociological information and was quite dry with formulae and diagrams.
This will not be a useful reference book for me going forward.

[Toon Pepermans · Rating 5 out of 5]

Een zeer degelijk boek, voor sommige delen komt een basiskennis fysica zeker van pas.
(ik vraag mij toch af of er geen rekenfout staat op p.407)