Editors:
- Interdisciplinary studies show the connections between sciences and art
- Contributions to David Speiser's own field as well as other disciplines are brought to light
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Truesdell and the History of the Theory of Structures
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The Sciences
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The History of Science
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Back Matter
About this book
David Speiser is Professor Emeritus at the Catholic University of Louvain, where he taught mathematics and physics from 1963 to 1990. His work in history of science included various publications, some of which are related to art history. Nephew of mathematician Andreas Speiser, David Speiser's own wide-ranging interests have brought him into contact with a panorama of disciplines. Editor Kim Williams has assembled a group of notes where scholars contribute essays inspired by their contact with Prof. Speiser in honour of his eightieth birthday. Topics range from history of sciences to history of art, from architecture theory to music theory, from particle physics to the proliferation of nuclear weapons, to an essay on the very nature of interdisciplinary studies.
Contributors: Alessio Ageno, Jean-Pierre Antoine, Sandro Caparrini, Frans A. Cerulus,
Sidney D. Drell, David Ritz Finkelstein, Laszlo Grenacs, Donal Hurley, Giuseppe LaRocca, Siegmund Levarie, Bernd Lindemann, Giulio Maltese, Wolfgang K.H. Panofsky,
Orietta Pedemonte, Patricia Radelet-de Grave, Luigi A. Radicati di Brozolo, Michael Vandyck, Piero Villaggio, Kim Williams
Editors and Affiliations
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Kim Williams Books, Torino, Italy
Kim Williams
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Two Cultures
Book Subtitle: Essays in Honour of David Speiser
Editors: Kim Williams
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7540-X
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Birkh�user Basel 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-7186-9Published: 17 November 2005
eBook ISBN: 978-3-7643-7540-9Published: 23 February 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 202
Topics: Applications of Mathematics, Ordinary Differential Equations