Simon Stevin
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
VITAL STATISTICS
- Lived from 1548-1620
- Born at Bruges,Belgium
- Died at the age of 72
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HISTORIC WORLD EVENTS
- Bottled beer was invented in London
- Galileo made the water thermometer
- Hans Lippershey invented the first refracting telescope
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EDUCATION
- Went to a Latin school in Leiden in 1581
- Entered the university of Leiden in 1583
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MARITAL AND FAMILY STATUS PART 1
- Married Catherine Krai
- Had 4 kids
- Parents were not married
- Raised by mom who had married a guy with Calvinists faith
- Dad was believed to be a cadet son of a mayor of Verne
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MARITUAL AND FAMILY STATUS PART 2
- His father draws some Croatian origin
- His mother married another man
- They then became a Calvinist family
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OCCUPATIONS
- A tutor
- An advisor
- A public officer at water staet
- A quartermaster-general of the army of the states
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO MATH
- Showed how to model regular and similar regular polyhedra
- Distinguished stable from unstable equilibria
- Discovered hydrostatic paradox
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