BREPOLS NOVEM BER 2011
VOLUME 2 2 12011 BREPOLS
Journal o f the N etw ork o f History o f Science o f Southeastern Europe EDITORIAL BOARD: Barahona, Ana, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico Bevilacqua, Fabio, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy Blay, Michel, Centre d'archives de Philosophie, d'histoire e t d'édition des Sciences, CNRS-ENS, France Chatzis, Konstantinos, Université Paris-Est -- Laboratoire Techniques, Territoires e t Sociétés (UMR CNRS 8134), France Cullen, Christopher, Needham Research Institute, Cambridge, UK Demidov, Sergei, Institute of History o f Science, Russian Academy o f Sciences, Russia Figueirôa, Silvia, State University o f Campinas, Brazil. Halleux, Robert, Centre d'histoire des Sciences et des Techniques, Université de Liège, Belgium Ihsanoglu, Ekmeleddin, Research Center fo r Islamic History, A rt and Culture, IRCICA, Istanbul, Turkey Jullien, Vincent, Université de Nantes, France Knobloch, Eberhard, Technische Universität, Berlin, Germany Kostov, Alexandre, Institute for Balkan Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria Liu Dun, Institute for the Study of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy o f Sciences, China Numbers, Ronald, University o f Wisconsin, USA Petkovic, Tomislav, University o f Zagreb, Croatia Petrovic, Aleksandar, University o f Kragujevac, Serbia Rommevaux, Sabine, Centre d'études Supérieures de la Renaissance, CNRS-Université de Tours, France Vogt, A nnette, Max Planck Institute for the History o f Science, Germany EDITORS: Efthymios Nicolaidis, National Hellenic Research Foundation, and Constantine Skordoulis, University of Athens, Greece ASSISTANT EDITOR: Gianna Katsiam poura, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Greece MANAGING EDITOR: Antigone Nounou, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Greece ORDERS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS: Brepols Publishers NV 67, Begijnhof; B-2300 Turnhout Tel: +3214448020; fax: +3214428919 e-mail: info@brepols.net Published by the Hellenic Society of History, Philosophy and Didactics of Sciences ISBN 978-960-99901-1-0 9789609990110 2 9 7 8 9 6 0 9 9 9 0 1 1 0 Lay-out: DesignBond (Greece) Printed in the EU
TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 Piedad Yuste Ancient Geometry: Thinking about how to measure the circle Vaios Argyrakis The clepsydra experiment, clepsydra's functioning and the related devices in Heron's Pneumatics Vincent Jullien Le Calcul Logique de Roberval Maria Terdimou Mathem atics, Greek Trade and Technology during the period o f the Ottoman Rule: three m utually connected sectors Kostas Tampakis The unrecognized mechanism: History o f science education in the 19 th century Sevtap Kadioglu & Gaye ahinba Erginoz An Emigrant Scientist in Istanbul University: Richard Martin Edler von Mises (1883-1953) Gianna Katsiampoura The Byzantine sciences in the firs t m odern Greek history o f science textbook: Michael Stephanides, Introduction to the History o f Natural Sciences BOOK REVIEW by Efthymios Nicolaidis Christine Phili Efouo^a Kai gabggarikd (Sovereignty and Mathematics) Athens 2009: Papasotiriou Editions BOOK REVIEW by Oscar Sheynin Ivar Ekeland The best o f all possible worlds. Mathematics and destiny Chicago and London2006: University of Chicago Press BOOK REVIEW by Gianna Katsiampoura George Koutzakiotis Avagcvovras to redos rou Koogou tov 17o aitiva: o Efipaios Mcoofas Kai o Mcyas Aicpggvcas (Awaiting the end o f the world in 17th century: the Jewish Messiah and the Great Interpreter) Athens 2011: Institute for Neohellenic Research / National Hellenic Research Foundation Guidelines for Authors