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Essays on the History of Mechanics In Memory of Clifford Ambrose Truesdell and Edoardo Benvenuto

The history of mechanics, and more particularly, the history of mechanics applied to constructions, constitutes a field of research that is relatively recent. This volume, together with the recent publication "Towards a History of Construction", is intended as an homage to the two eminent...

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Other Authors: Becchi, Antonio (Editor), Corradi, Massimo (Editor), Foce, Federico (Editor), Pedemonte, Orietta (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel Birkhäuser 2003, 2003
Edition:1st ed. 2003
Subjects:
Mechanics, Applied
Classical Mechanics
Solids
Civil Engineering
Solid Mechanics
History Of Science
Mechanics
Science / History
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Truesdell and the History of the Theory of Structures
  • Development of Studies in the History of Elasticity Theory and Structural Mechanics
  • Coping With Error in the History of Mechanics
  • The Development of the Deformation Method
  • The Mechanics of Timbrel Vaults: a Historical Outline
  • The Use of a Particular Form of the Parallelogram Law of Forces for the Building of Vaults (1650-1750)
  • Rose Windows
  • Early Theories of Vectors
  • The Ancients’ Inferno: The Slow and Tortuous Development of ‘Newtonian’ Principles of Motion in the Eighteenth Century
  • A Historical Survey of Impact Theories
  • What Can the Historian of Science Learn from the Historian of Fine Arts?
  • Index of Names

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