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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simon Stevin has received more than 443,979 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Simon Stevin is the 65th most popular mathematician (down from 62nd in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 48th 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 65 out of 1,004. Before him are Émilie du Châtelet, August Ferdinand Möbius, Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, Hermann Minkowski, Bhāskara II, and Urbain Le Verrier. After him are Friedrich Bessel, Abraham de Moivre, Ludolph van Ceulen, Giuseppe Peano, Richard Dedekind, and Alexander Grothendieck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1548, Simon Stevin ranks 2. Before him is Giordano Bruno. After him are Tomás Luis de Victoria, Francisco Suárez, Vincenzo Scamozzi, Karel van Mander, Bianca Cappello, William V, Duke of Bavaria, Honda Tadakatsu, Palma il Giovane, Catherine of Cleves, and Fatma Sultan. Among people deceased in 1620, Simon Stevin ranks 3. Before him are Mahfiruz Hatun, and Wanli Emperor. After him are Taichang Emperor, William Adams, Stanisław Żółkiewski, Louise de Coligny, Carlo Saraceni, Jan Sarkander, William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, and Firishta.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Simon Stevin ranks 49 out of 1,190. Before him are Victor Horta (1861), Henry van de Velde (1863), Marguerite Yourcenar (1903), Henri La Fontaine (1854), Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568), and Jules Bordet (1870). After him are Margaret of Parma (1522), Julio Cortázar (1914), Isabella of Austria (1501), Adolphe Sax (1814), Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (1864), and Pepin of Landen (585).

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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), Adriaan van Roomen (1561), Pierre François Verhulst (1804), Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin (1866), David Ruelle (1935), Jean Bourgain (1954), Elias M. Stein (1931), Ingrid Daubechies (1954), and Grégoire de Saint-Vincent (1584).

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