Simon Stevin (1548-1620)

L’art de penser d’un ingénieur flamand

By (author) Jean-Marie Coquard Series edited by Virginie Fonteneau Series edited by Marina Gasnier Series edited by André Grelon

Book cover: Simon Stevin (1548-1620)

Extent: 479 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Series: Histoire des techniques

Series volume number: 43

Language: French

Paperback (Forthcoming)

(October 2026)

ISBN: 9782406207320

5.91 x 8.66 inches

Price: $68.00

Hardback (Forthcoming)

(October 2026)

ISBN: 9782406207337

5.91 x 8.66 inches

Price: $135.00

This book examines Simon Stevin’s intellectual and material techniques, and provides an overview of this 16th-century Dutch engineer. Stevin, as a go-between, produced an art of thinking (mathematics, logic, language) put into practice in a new relationship with Nature.

  • By (author) Jean-Marie Coquard
  • Series edited by Virginie Fonteneau
  • Series edited by Marina Gasnier
  • Series edited by AndrĂ© Grelon