How Mechanics Shaped the Modern World

✍ Scribed by David H. Allen (auth.)

Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Leaves: 407
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This unique bookpresents a nontechnical view of the history of mechanics, from the Big Bang to present day. The impact of mechanics on the evolution of a variety of subjects is vividly illustrated, including astronomy, geology, astrophysics, anthropology, archeology, ancient history, Renaissance art, music, meteorology, modern structural engineering, mathematics, medicine, warfare, and sports. While enormous in scope, the subject matter is covered (with ample photographic support) at a level designed to capture the interest of both the learned and the curious. The book concludes with a creative and thoughtful examination of the current state of mechanics and possibilities for the future of mechanics.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Mechanics and Our Ancestors....Pages 1-34
The Greeks....Pages 35-58
The Romans....Pages 59-78
Mechanics in the Middle Ages....Pages 79-103
The Artistic Renaissance....Pages 105-123
Finding Our Way....Pages 125-143
Mechanics Reborn....Pages 145-184
Music and Measuring....Pages 185-206
Continuum Mechanics, Art and Structures....Pages 207-242
Weather....Pages 243-265
Life Cycles....Pages 267-298
The Quality of Our Lives....Pages 299-321
Mechanics Today....Pages 323-361
The Future of Mechanics....Pages 363-380
Errata to: How Mechanics Shaped the Modern World....Pages E1-E18
Back Matter....Pages 381-396

✦ Subjects

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics;History of Science;Mechanics

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