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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Capecchi, Danilo
Titre(s) : The problem of the motion of bodies [Texte électronique] : a historical view of the development of classical mechanics / Danilo Capecchi
Publication : Cham : Springer, 2014
Description matérielle : 1 online resource (xii, 554 pages)
Collection : History of Mechanism and Machine Science ; volume 25
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and author index. - Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 16, 2014).
This book focuses on the way in which the problem of the motion of bodies has been
viewed and approached over the course of human history. It is not another traditional
history of mechanics but rather aims to enable the reader to fully understand the
deeper ideas that inspired men, first in attempting to understand the mechanisms of
motion and then in formulating theories with predictive as well as explanatory value.
Given this objective, certain parts of the history of mechanics are neglected, such
as fluid mechanics, statics, and astronomy after Newton. On the other hand, due attention
is paid, for example, to the history of thermodynamics, which has its own particular
point of view on motion. Inspired in part by historical epistemology, the book examines
the various views and theories of a given historical period (synchronic analysis)
and then makes comparisons between different periods (diachronic analysis). In each
period, one or two of the most meaningful contributions are selected for particular
attention, instead of presenting a long inventory of scientific achievements
Sujet(s) : Mécanique -- Histoire
Ingénierie
Génie mécanique
Indice(s) Dewey :
531 (23e éd.) = Mécanique classique ; 620.1 (23e éd.) = Mécanique de l'ingénieur et matériaux
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9783319048406
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb446756309
Notice n° :
FRBNF44675630
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : The Science of Motion sive Mechanics ; Greek Period and Middle Ages ; Humanism and
Renaissance ; Early Modern Studies on Motion ; The Golden Age ; The Motion of Solid
Bodies ; Inanimate Bodies Start Moving by Themselves.