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== Publications == [[File:Moers 1604.jpg|thumb|The [[Moers]] fortifications designed by Simon Stevin.]] Amongst others, he published: * ''Tafelen van Interest'' (Tables of interest) in 1582 with [[present value]] problems of [[simple interest|simple]] and [[compound interest]] and interest tables that had previously been unpublished by bankers;<ref name=Stevin_MacTutor/> * ''Problemata geometrica'' in 1583; * ''[[De Thiende]]'' (''La Disme'', The tenth) in 1585 in which decimals were introduced in Europe; * ''La pratique d'arithmétique'' in 1585; * ''L'arithmétique'' in 1585 in which he presented a uniform treatment for solving [[algebraic geometry|algebraic equations]]; * ''Dialectike ofte bewysconst'' (Dialectics, or Art of Demonstration) in 1585 at Leyden by Christoffel Plantijn. Published again in 1621 at Rotterdam by Jan van Waesberge de Jonge. * ''[[De Beghinselen Der Weeghconst]]'' in 1586, accompanied by ''De Weeghdaet''; * ''De Beghinselen des Waterwichts'' (Principles on the weight of water) in 1586 on the subject of [[hydrostatics]]; * ''Vita Politica''. Named ''Burgherlick leven'' (Civil life) in 1590; * ''De Stercktenbouwing'' (The construction of [[fortifications]]) published in 1594; * ''De Havenvinding'' ([[Navigation|Position finding]]) published in 1599; * ''De Hemelloop'' in 1608 in which he voiced support for the [[Nicolaus Copernicus|Copernican]] theory. * In ''Wiskonstighe Ghedachtenissen'' (Mathematical Memoirs, {{langx|la|Hypomnemata Mathematica}}) from 1605 to 1608. This included Simon Stevin's earlier works like ''De Driehouckhandel'' ([[Trigonometry]]), ''De Meetdaet'' ([[measurement|Practice of measuring]]), and De Deursichtighe ([[Perspective (graphical)|Perspective]]), which he edited and published.;<ref>The topic contained in http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Stevin.html, the relevant portion could be searched with string, "Wiskonstighe Ghedachtenissen". The summary of it may be found at [http://www.dwc.knaw.nl/pub/bronnen/Simon_Stevin-%5BII_B%5D_The_Principal_Works_of_Simon_Stevin,_Mathematics.pdf the link]</ref> * ''Castrametatio, dat is legermeting and Nieuwe Maniere van Stercktebou door Spilsluysen'' (New ways of building of [[sluice]]s) published in 1617; * ''De Spiegheling der Singconst'' (Theory of the art of singing). * "Œuvres mathématiques..., Leiden, 1634<ref>[http://architectura.cesr.univ-tours.fr/Traite/Notice/B250566101_11463.asp?param= Stevin, Simon, Les œuvres mathématiques...]</ref>
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