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Kinematics
Alberto A. Martinez
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Description for Kinematics
Martinez draws from an unparalleled wealth of sources to demonstrate why it is essential to the study and evolution of physics today. Num Pages: 488 pages, 24, 22 black & white line drawings, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: PHR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 36. Weight in Grams: 792.
The field of kinematics-the science of motion-has long been neglected and misrepresented. Despite rich traditions rooted in ancient times, modern physical kinematics never became a professional discipline. No journals or academic societies were founded to support its development and study and most physicists took the science of motion for granted. Yet some came to doubt its very principles, even denouncing its basic language-coordinate algebra-as an impediment to scientific progress. In this unique and comprehensive history of kinematics, Alberto A. Martinez rescues the forgotten roots of this field that led to Einstein's theory of special relativity. Using clear explanations and ... Read more
The field of kinematics-the science of motion-has long been neglected and misrepresented. Despite rich traditions rooted in ancient times, modern physical kinematics never became a professional discipline. No journals or academic societies were founded to support its development and study and most physicists took the science of motion for granted. Yet some came to doubt its very principles, even denouncing its basic language-coordinate algebra-as an impediment to scientific progress. In this unique and comprehensive history of kinematics, Alberto A. Martinez rescues the forgotten roots of this field that led to Einstein's theory of special relativity. Using clear explanations and ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
Number of Pages
488
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801891359
SKU
V9780801891359
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About Alberto A. Martinez
Alberto A. Martinez is an assistant professor in the Department of History at the University of Texas, Austin, and author of Negative Math: How Mathematical Rules Can Be Positively Bent.
Reviews for Kinematics
Fascinating... Recommended. Choice The author uses clear and easy-to-understand language to describe how kinematics is essential to the modern study of physics. Scitech Book News 2010 A great deal of interesting historical material on kinematic ideas... the story of Einstein's pathway to discovery is a gem... an illuminating pleasure to read. Einstein, the smasher of earlier images of physics, would ... Read more