Simon Stevin - Publications

Publications

Amongst others, he published:

• Tafelen van Interest (Tables of interest) in 1582 with present value problems of simple and compound interest and interest tables that had previously been unpublished by bankers;
• Problemata geometrica in 1583;
• De Thiende (La Theinde, The tenth) in 1585 in which decimals were introduced in Europe;
• La pratique d'arithmétique in 1585;
• L'arithmétique in 1585 in which he presented a uniform treatment for solving algebraic equations;
• De Beghinselen Der Weeghconst in 1586, accompanied by De Weeghdaet;
• De Beghinselen des Waterwichts (Principles on the weight of water) in 1586 on the subject of hydrostatics;
• Vita Politica. Named Burgherlick leven (Civil life) in 1590;
• De Stercktenbouwing (The construction of fortifications) published in 1594;
• De Havenvinding (Position finding) published in 1599;
• De Hemelloop in 1608 in which he voiced support for the Copernican theory.
• Wiskonstighe Ghedachtenissen (Mathematical Memoirs, Latin: Hypomnemata Mathematica). This included earlier works like De Driehouckhandel (Trigonometry), De Meetdaet (Practice of measuring), and De Deursichtighe (Perspective);
• Castrametatio, dat is legermeting and Nieuwe Maniere van Stercktebou door Spilsluysen (New ways of building of sluices) published in 1617;
• De Spiegheling der Singconst (Theory of the art of singing).
• "Œuvres mathématiques..., Leyde, 1634