![]() The detritus of the subject's activities - the calculations in the margins, the remains of former values poking out from behind ink blotches - these are the clues left to the historical detective. Priority and the parabola Evolutes and rectification Priority and the pendulumĭimension reduction and pi Geometry and the calculus 8ĭiversions Sea trials The universal measure The compound pendulum Further discoveries CausticsĪny attempt to reconstruct the process by which a great mind discovered an important concept becomes itself a process of discovery, and the recounting of the reconstruction becomes a mystery tale twice told. Lane, for whom the education of her daughter was always first priorityĪccelerated motion: gravity Mersenne's problem Riccioli's attemptĪccelerated motion: centrifugal force De Vi Centrifuga The conical pendulum Precursors Accelerated motion: curvilinear fall The Galilean treatise The isochronism of the cycloid The pendulum clockĮvolutes The rectification of the cycloid The evolute of the cycloid The evolute of the parabola The general formulaĪpollonius and minimal lines Newton and measure Leibniz and structure With great affection and appreciation I dedicate this book to my mother, Vera W. ISBN 0521 34140 X hardback ISBN 1 4 paperback Science Mathematics - Early works to 1800- Collected works. Mathematics - Early works to 1800 -Collected works. Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data Yoder, Joella Gerstmeyer, 1944Unrolling time: Christiaan Huygens and the mathematization of nature / Joella G. First published 1988 Reprinted 1990 First paperback edition 2004 A catalogue recordfor this book is available front the British Library Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK 40 West 20th Street, New York NY 10011-4211, USA 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207, Australia Ruiz de Alarcon 13, 28014 Madrid, Spain Dock House, The Waterfront, Cape Town 8001, South Africa © Cambridge University Press 1988 The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS ![]() PUBLISHED BY THE PRESS SYNDICATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE The University has printed and pablished continaowly since 1584.Ĭambridge University Press Cambridge New York ![]() The right of the University of Cambridge to print and sell all manner of books was granted by Henry V111 in 1534. UNROLLING TIME Christiaan Huygens and the mathematization of nature Joella G. Of 1673, is described and finally, the part that Christiaan Huygens played in the rise of applied mathematics is addressed. The role of evolutes in the history of mathematics is analyzed the reception of Huygens's masterpiece, the Horologium Oscillatorium Yoder places Huygens's work in the context of his time by examining his relationship with other scientists and the priority disputes that sometimes motivated his research. Joella Yoder details the creative interaction that led Huygens to invent a pendulum clock that theoretically beat absolutely uniform time, to measure the constant of gravitational acceleration, to analyze centrifugal force, and to create the mathematical theory of evolutes. This case study examines the interrelationship between mathematics and physics in the work of one of the major figures of the Scientific Revolution: the Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer, Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695). Finally, the role of Huygens in the rise of applied mathematics is addressed. The reception of Huygens' masterpiece, the Horologium Oscillatorium of 1673 and the place of evolutes in the history of mathematics are also analyzed. A discussion of Huygens' relationship with other scientists and the priority disputes that sometimes motivated his research help place his work in the context of the period. She also describes the way that each of these important discoveries arose from the interaction of Huygens' mathematics and physics. Professor Yoder offers a detailed account of the discoveries that Huygens made at the end of 1659, including the invention of a pendulum clock that theoretically kept absolutely uniform time, and the creation of a mathematical theory of evolutes. This case study examines the interrelationship between mathematics and physics in the work of one of the major figures of the Scientific Revolution, the Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer, Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695).
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