Crossroads: History of Science, History of Art Essays by David Speiser, vol. II

<p>This collection of essays on relationships between science, history of science, history of art and philosophy is a multi-faceted sequel to the first volume, <i>Discovering the Principles of Mechanics 1600-1800</i>, published in 2008. During his career, David Speiser was first an...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Williams, Kim (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel Springer Basel 2011, 2011
Edition:1st ed. 2011
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 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