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Essays in the History of Mechanics
C. Truesdell
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Paperback. Num Pages: 396 pages, 117 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 687.
This volume collects my shorter articles on the history of mechanics, some already published in various places, some revised from earlier papers, and some never published before. All of them began as lectures, and here they are printed as such, little changed from the last times I read them out to an audience. While the several articles concern different aspects of mechanics, overlap and even some repetition could not be avoided, since mechanics is one great science, and the same original oftentimes served more than one end in its growth. My three major historical treatises, which were published in Volumes ... Read more
This volume collects my shorter articles on the history of mechanics, some already published in various places, some revised from earlier papers, and some never published before. All of them began as lectures, and here they are printed as such, little changed from the last times I read them out to an audience. While the several articles concern different aspects of mechanics, overlap and even some repetition could not be avoided, since mechanics is one great science, and the same original oftentimes served more than one end in its growth. My three major historical treatises, which were published in Volumes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642866494
SKU
V9783642866494
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