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'Opera uvenalia de rotis horologiis et mensuris' Jugendwerke über Räder, Uhren und Messungen [Hardback]
Johannes Fontana (Author); Horst Kranz (Editor)
$111.00ISBN: 9783515099097
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Boethius. Texte und Abhandlungen zur Geschichte der Mathematik und der Naturwissenschaften
Volume: 65
Giovanni Fontana of Venice (ca. 1395- ca. 1455) is one of the most famous and prolific technical writers to emerge from the academic science of the early Renaissance; his name stands for exceptional and pioneering ideas. While still a student i... .... Learn More -
Nicole Oresme, Questiones super geometriam Euclidis [Hardback]
H L L Busard (Author)
$65.00ISBN: 9783515092876
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Boethius. Texte und Abhandlungen zur Geschichte der Mathematik und der Naturwissenschaften
Volume: 57
Nicole Oresme (ca. 1320-1384) was one of the most important intellectual figures of the scholastic period: not only was he a leading philosopher, theologian, astronomer and mathematician, but he was also involved in practical matters; he was secre... .... Learn More -
Fakt, Ideologie, System: Die Geschichte der ostdeutschen Alexander von Humboldt-Forschung [Hardback]
Gregor Schuchardt (Author)
$79.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9783515097772
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Boethius. Texte und Abhandlungen zur Geschichte der Mathematik und der Naturwissenschaften
Volume: 63
English summary: Alexander von Humboldt is still regarded as one of the pillars of German heritage. His methods of influence in politics, culture and science from the time of the empire through to postmodernism are quite diverse. As one of ... .... Learn More -
Le Liber mahameleth: Édition critique et commentaires [Hardback]
Anne-Marie Vlasschaert (Editor)
$112.00ISBN: 9783515092388
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Boethius. Texte und Abhandlungen zur Geschichte der Mathematik und der Naturwissenschaften
Volume: 60
English summary: Medieval mathematics had a very important economic role in the 12th century, as its use was not confined to mere scholars, but extended to well-established traders and the homeless. Many books that are discussed present an ... .... Learn More -
Theodosius - Sphaerica: Arabic and Medieval Latin Translations [Hardback]
Paul Kunitzsch (Editor); Richard Lorch (Editor)
$97.00ISBN: 9783515092883
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Boethius. Texte und Abhandlungen zur Geschichte der Mathematik und der Naturwissenschaften
Volume: 62
Theodosius' Sphaerica, on the geometry of the sphere, was one of many Greek mathematical works translated into Arabic in ninth-century Baghdad. It was also one of the mathematical works translated from Arabic into Latin in the twelfth century as p... .... Learn More -
Morgen möchte ich wieder 100 herrliche Sachen ausrechnen: Iris Runge bei Osram und Telefunken [Hardback]
Renate Tobies (Author)
$109.00ISBN: 9783515096386
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Boethius. Texte und Abhandlungen zur Geschichte der Mathematik und der Naturwissenschaften
Volume: 61
English summary: Iris Runge (1888-1966) compared computing in an industrial laboratory with a joyous feeling of childhood: "It's like when you woke up early on Christmas Day with the prospect of being able to play all day with your new thin... .... Learn More -
Mechanisches Memorieren und Chiffrieren um 1430: Johannes Fontanas Tractatus de instrumentis artis memorie [Hardback]
Horst Kranz (Author); W. Oberschelp (Author)
$57.00ISBN: 9783515092968
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Boethius. Texte und Abhandlungen zur Geschichte der Mathematik und der Naturwissenschaften
Volume: 59
During the Renaissance, the arts of memory and encryption enjoyed an enormous upturn. In 1430, the Venetian scholar Johannes Fontana published a treatise that contained his essay Tractatus de instrumentis , which describes and illustrates inst... .... Learn More -
Kosmos und Zahl: Beiträge zur Mathematik- und Astronomie-geschichte, zu Alexander von Humboldt und Leibniz [Hardback]
Hartmut Hecht (Author); Regina Mikosch (Author); Ingo Schwarz (Author); Harald Siebert (Author)
$109.00ISBN: 9783515091763
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Boethius. Texte und Abhandlungen zur Geschichte der Mathematik und der Naturwissenschaften
Volume: 58
This volume contains original essays of the history of mathematics and astronomy by science historians from Russia, England, France, Germany and the USA, supplemented by contributions from the Leibniz and Alexander-von-Humboldt research instit... .... Learn More -
Astrolabes and Angels, Epigrams and Enigmas: From Regiomontanus' Acrostic for Cardinal Bessarion to Piero della Francesca's Flagellation of Christ [Hardback]
David A King (Author)
$117.00ISBN: 9783515090612
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Boethius. Texte und Abhandlungen zur Geschichte der Mathematik und der Naturwissenschaften
Volume: 56
On the astrolabe presented by the young German astronomer Regiomontanus to his ageing patron Cardinal Bessarion there is a Latin epigram and the image of an angel. The former is a geometrically-arranged acrostic with eight hidden vertical axes. Of... .... Learn More -
Die groáe kosmologische Kontroverse: Rekonstruktionsversuche anhand des Itinerarium exstaticum von Athanasius Kircher SJ (1602-1680) [Hardback]
Harald Siebert (Author)
$114.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9783515087315
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Boethius. Texte und Abhandlungen zur Geschichte der Mathematik und der Naturwissenschaften
Volume: 55
Die an Kontroversen reiche Geschichte der Wissenschaften duerfte keine Auseinandersetzung kennen, die heftiger und einschneidender war als der Streit um das heliozentrische Weltbild. Mehr noch als die Wissenschaftliche Revolution des 17. Jahrhunde... .... Learn More