Stevin thought the Dutch language to be excellent for scientific writing, and he translated many of the mathematical terms to Dutch. As a result, Dutch is one of the few Western European languages that have many mathematical terms that do not stem from Greek or Latin. This includes the very name wiskunde (mathematics).
Stevin thought the Dutch language to be excellent for scientific writing and he translated many of the mathematical terms to Dutch As a result Dutch is one of the few Western European languages that have many mathematical terms that do not stem from Greek or Latin This includes the very name wiskunde (mathematics)