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Simon Stevin

1548 - 1620

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Simon Stevin is the 85th most popular mathematician (down from 65th in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 49th in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Mathematician.

Simon Stevin is most famous for his contributions to mathematics, including his introduction of the decimal system and his work on the law of refraction.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Simon Stevin ranks 85 out of 1,004. Before him are Pappus of Alexandria, Benoit Mandelbrot, Thābit ibn Qurra, Zhang Heng, Alfred North Whitehead, and Bonaventura Cavalieri. After him are Herbert A. Hauptman, Alexander Grothendieck, John Couch Adams, Thomas Harriot, Stefan Banach, and Christian Goldbach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1548, Simon Stevin ranks 3. Before him are Giordano Bruno, and Tomás Luis de Victoria. After him are Francisco Suárez, Karel van Mander, Vincenzo Scamozzi, Honda Tadakatsu, William V, Duke of Bavaria, Bianca Cappello, Palma il Giovane, Catherine of Cleves, and Fatma Sultan. Among people deceased in 1620, Simon Stevin ranks 4. Before him are William Adams, Wanli Emperor, and Mahfiruz Hatun. After him are Taichang Emperor, Stanisław Żółkiewski, Louise de Coligny, Carlo Saraceni, William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Jan Sarkander, Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, and Thomas Campion.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Simon Stevin ranks 59 out of 1,190. Before him are Julio Cortázar (1914), Albert Claude (1899), Samo (600), Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338), Pepin of Landen (585), and Adolphe Sax (1814). After him are Henry van de Velde (1863), Yves Chauvin (1930), Marguerite Yourcenar (1903), Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (1927), Dominique Pire (1910), and Isabella of Austria (1501).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Belgium

Among mathematicians born in Belgium, Simon Stevin ranks 1. After him are Victor D'Hondt (1841), Eugène Charles Catalan (1814), Pierre Deligne (1944), Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin (1866), Adriaan van Roomen (1561), Pierre François Verhulst (1804), Ingrid Daubechies (1954), Grégoire de Saint-Vincent (1584), David Ruelle (1935), Jean Bourgain (1954), and Elias M. Stein (1931).

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