Crossroads: history of science, history of art: essays by David Speiser

A follow-up to the volume 'Discovering the Principles of Mechanics 1600-1800.Essays by David Speiser' (Birkhäuser 2008), this volume contains the essays of David Speiser on relationships between science, history of science, history of art and philosophy. Rounds out the collection of essays published previously by well-known scientist and historian David Speiser. Multidisciplinary essays provide a broad panorama on the relationships between science and the arts 3 out of 10 essays translated for the first time into English. Hard-to-find essays collected in asingle work. INDICE: 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 itsPosition 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.

• ISBN: 978-3-0348-0138-6
• Editorial: Springer Basel
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 154
• Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés