How Mechanics Shaped the Modern World A Contextual Introduction to Concepts and Applications /

This updated and augmented second edition covers the history of mechanics in such a way as to explain how this all-important discipline shaped our world. Like the first edition, Dr. Allen presents the material in an engaging, accessible manner, with many historic insights and thorough explanations o...

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Autor principal: Allen, David H. (Author)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Recurso Electrónico livro electrónico
Idioma:inglês
Publicado em: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
Edição:2nd ed. 2023.
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Acesso em linha:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27749-8
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Sumário:
  • Chapter 1 Mechanics and Our Ancestors
  • Chapter 2 The Greeks
  • Chapter 3 The Romans
  • Chapter 4 Mechanics in the Middle Ages
  • Chapter 5 The Artistic Renaissance
  • Chapter 6 Finding Our Way
  • Chapter 7 Mechanics Reborn
  • Chapter 8 Music and Measuring
  • Chapter 9 Continuum Mechanics, Art and Structures
  • Chapter 10 Weather
  • Chapter 11 Life Cycles
  • Chapter 12 The Quality of Our Lives
  • Chapter 13 Mechanics Today
  • Chapter 14 Relativity
  • Chapter 15 Quantum Mechanics
  • Chapter 16 Bio mechanics
  • Chapter 17 The Future of Mechanics.