History of virtual work laws : a history of mechanics prospective / Danilo Capecchi.
Pubblicazione:
[Milano] : Birkhäuser, c2012.
Descrizione fisica:
XII, 492 p. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm
Serie:
Science networks. Historical studies ; 42
Contiene:
Indice: 1. Introduction 2. Logic status of virtual work laws 3. Greek origins 4. Arabic and Latin science of weights 5. Italian Renaissance statics 6. Torricelli's principle 7. European statics during the XVI and XVII centuries 8. The principle of virtual velocities 9. The Jesuit school of the XVIII century 10. Lagrange's contribution 11. Lazare Carnot's mechanics of collision 12. The debate in Italy 13. The debate at the École polytechnique 14. Poinsot's criticism 15. Complementary virtual work laws 16. The treatises of mechanics 17. Virtual work laws and continuum mechanics 18. Thermodynamical approach. Appendix: quotations. References. Index
Note galileane:
Per Galilei cfr. in particolare p. 120-133, 137-140, 144-148 e passim
