Simon Stevin

Simon Stevin (1548/49 – 1620) was a Belgian mathematician and engineer. He was active in a great many areas of science, both theoretical and practical, but may be best known for his translation of various mathematical terms into common Dutch language, making it the only European language in which the word for mathematics ('wiskunde') was not derived from the Greek (via Latin).

External links

• {{MacTutor Biography|id=Stevin}}
• http://home.planet.nl/~hopfam/ThiendeMenu.html contains an HTML version (including hyperlinks to explanations) of De Thiende and its translations into English, French and Swedish, and scans of these books
• http://home.planet.nl/~hopfam/Stevin.html contains a lot more information about Simon Stevin
• http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14293b.htm is the text of the Catholic Encyclopedia about Stevin. The author can hardly conceal his admiration, and for the rest the article is mostly a bibliography of Stevin's work.
• http://3quarksdaily.blogs.com/3quarksdaily/2005/05/monday_musing_s.html is a short essay on Simon Stevin by S. Abbas Raza at 3 Quarks Daily