Simon Stevin
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- Born
- 1548
- Died
- 1620
- Works
- 6
Top works
- La castrametation
- De beghinselen des waterwichts
- De weeghdaet
- Van de last en waerdigheyt eenes ambassadevrs
- Ancient double-entry bookkeeping
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2
· 2014 · cited 84,886x
- Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses
· 2003 · cited 51,629x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,243x
- PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR): Checklist and Explanation
· 2018 · cited 33,274x
- Quantifying heterogeneity in a meta‐analysis
· 2002 · cited 31,436x
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Key facts
- Born
- 1548, Bruges, Habsburg Netherlands
- Died
- 1620 (aged 71 – 72), The Hague?
- Alma mater
- Leiden University
- Occupations
- Mathematician scientist music theorist
- Known for
- Decimal fractions , Delft tower experiment , Intermediate value theorem , Stevin's law
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Key dates
- Born
- 1548
- Died
- 1620
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Simon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Habsburg Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Bruges
- Place of death
- The Hague
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- Dutch
- Field of work
- urban design
- Image
- Simon-stevin.jpeg
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Simon Stevin ( Dutch: [ˈsimɔn steːˈvɪn]; 1548–1620), sometimes called Stevinus, was a Flemish mathematician, scientist and music theorist. He made various contributions in many areas of science and engineering, both theoretical and practical. He also translated various mathematical terms into Dutch, making it one of the few European languages in which the word for mathematics, wiskunde (wis and kunde, i.e., "the knowledge of what is certain"), was not a loanword from Greek but a calque via Latin. He also replaced the word chemie, the Dutch for chemistry, by scheikunde ("the art of separating"), made in analogy with wiskunde.
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