A History of Mechanics
Pages: 664
Contents:
PART ONE – THE ORIGINS
CHAPTER ONE – HELLENIC SCIENCE
CHAPTER TWO – ALEXANDRIAN SOURCES AND ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS
CHAPTER THREE – THE CENTURY OF THE SCHOOL OF JORDANS
CHAPTER FOUR – THE CENTURY THE SCHOOLS OF BURIDAN AND ALBERT OF SAXONY NICOLE ORESME AND THE OXFORD SCHOOL
CHAPTER FIVE – CENTURIES THE ITALIAN SCHOOL BLASIUS OF PARMA THE OXFORD TRADITION NICHOLAS OF CUES AND LEONARDO DA VINCI NICHOLAS COPERNICUS THE ITALIAN AND PARISIAN SCHOOLMEN OF THE XVIth CENTURY DOMINIC SOTO AND THE FALL OF BODIES
CHAPTER SIX – XVIth CENTURY (Continued) THE ITALIAN SCHOOL OF NICHOLAS TARTAGLIA AND BERNARDINO BALDI
CHAPTER SEVEN – XVIth CENTURY (Continued) XVIIth CENTURY PART TWO – THE FORMATION OF CLASSICAL MECHANICS
CHAPTER ONE – STEVIN’S STATICS SOLOMON OF CAUX
CHAPTER TWO – GALILEO AND TORRICELLI
CHAPTER THREE – MERSENNE (1588-1648) AS AN INTERNATIONAL GO-BETWEEN IN MECHANICS ROBERVAL (1602-1675)
CHAPTER FOUR – DESCARTES’ MECHANICS PASCAL’S HYDROSTATICS
CHAPTER FIVE – THE LAWS OF IMPACT (WALLIS, WREN, HUYGHENS, MARIOTTI) THE MECHANICS OF HUYGHENS (1629-1697)
CHAPTER SIX – NEWTON (1642-1727)
CHAPTER SEVEN – LEIBNIZ AND LIVING FORCE
CHAPTER EIGHT – THE FRENCH – ITALIAN SCHOOl