Unrolling Time

by Joella G. Yoder

Book Overview

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). 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052134140X
• ISBN13: 9780521341400
• Release Date: February 1989
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"