Isaac Beeckman (10 December 1588 – 19 May 1637) was a Dutch philosopher and scientist, who, through his studies and contact with leading natural philosophers...

and mathematician Isaac Beeckman (1588–1637), Dutch philosopher and scientist Isaac de Benserade (1613–1691), French poet Isaac the Blind (c.1160–1235)...

to completely break away from the Aristotelian model of motion was Isaac Beeckman in 1614. The term "inertia" was first introduced by Johannes Kepler...

Thomas Hobbes and Walter Charleton; and the Dutch natural philosopher Isaac Beeckman. Robert Boyle used "mechanical philosophers" to refer both to those...

his knowledge of mathematics. In this way, he became acquainted with Isaac Beeckman, the principal of a Dordrecht school, for whom he wrote the Compendium...

Beeckman is a surname of Dutch origin. Those bearing it include: Isaac Beeckman (1588–1637), Dutch philosopher and scientist Andries Beeckman (fl. 17th...

was no serious work done with atomism from the time of Galen until Isaac Beeckman, Gassendi and Descartes resurrected it in the 17th century; "the gap...

the history of science in the Netherlands, particularly the work of Isaac Beeckman, Simon Stevin and Eduard Jan Dijksterhuis. Born in Nieuwer-Amstel, Van...

Rev. Thomas Bayes (Presbyterian minister) Andrew Beal (businessman) Isaac Beeckman (candlemaker) Chester Ittner Bliss (biologist) Napoléon Bonaparte (general)...

discovery of a note written in 1634 by the Dutch philosopher Isaac Beeckman in which Beeckman mentioned that Johannes Zachariassen claimed his father created...

Descartes wrote to thank Andreas Colvius (a friend of Descartes's mentor, Isaac Beeckman) for drawing his attention to Augustine: I am obliged to you for drawing...

mathematician John Forbes (c. 1568–1634) founded a Church of Scotland Isaac Beeckman (1588–1637), a Dutch philosopher and scientist Sir Balthazar Gerbier...

to change motion rather than to sustain it, further improved upon by Isaac Beeckman, René Descartes, and Pierre Gassendi, became a key principle of Newtonian...

Fermat also argued in support of a finite speed of light. In 1629, Isaac Beeckman proposed an experiment in which a person observes the flash of a cannon...

having as good acquaintances important scholars and scientists, such as Isaac Beeckman, Jacob Cats, Gerardus Vossius, and Andreas Colvius. Johan and Cornelis...

inertially would follow the curve of the Earth. This idea was corrected by Isaac Beeckman, Descartes, and Pierre Gassendi, who recognized that inertial motion...

Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (born 1580) May 19 – Isaac Beeckman, Dutch philosopher and scientist (born 1588) Henry Gellibrand, English...

laureate Johannes Georg Bednorz – Germany (born 1950) Nobel laureate Isaac Beeckman – Netherlands (1588–1637) Alexander Graham Bell – Scotland, Canada,...

philosopher, mathematician, and scientist Isaac Beeckman (then temporarily resident in the town). This interaction with Beeckman seems to have changed the course...

Norfolk (d. 1481) 1489 – Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours (d. 1512) 1588 – Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (d. 1637) 1610 – Adriaen van Ostade...

jurist and philosopher, who laid the foundations for international law Isaac Beeckman (1588–1637), Dutch philosopher David Gorlaeus (1591-1612), Dutch natural...

museum is the nucleus of the University of Copenhagen Zoological Museum. Isaac Beeckman, Dutch intellectual and future friend of René Descartes, leaves his...

first to suggest defining length with a pendulum was Flemish scientist Isaac Beeckman who in 1631 recommended making the seconds pendulum "the invariable...

1623 – Mariam-uz-Zamani, Empress of the Mughal Empire (b. 1542) 1637 – Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (b. 1588) 1715 – Charles Montagu, 1st...

statesman Jacobus Arminius (1560–1609), philosopher and theologian Isaac Beeckman (1588–1637) Evert Willem Beth (1908–1964) Cornelius van Bynkershoek...

Gassendi travelled in Flanders and in Holland where he encountered Isaac Beeckman and François Luillier. He returned to France in 1631. In 1634 the Cathedral...

close to their sound rim with his mouth..." In 1633, Van Eyck told Isaac Beeckman that the ideal series of a bell's partials consisted of three notes...

8 volumes of the correspondence Marin Mersenne and the journals of Isaac Beeckman. He assisted Étienne Gilson in the preparation of his edition of Descartes'...

calls 'memex'. Cornelis de Waard begins to publish the Journaal of Isaac Beeckman. Philosopher and historian Alexandre Koyré originates the term Scientific...

museum is the nucleus of the University of Copenhagen Zoological Museum. Isaac Beeckman, Dutch intellectual and future friend of René Descartes, leaves his...