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| Autore principale: | Shank, John Bennett.
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| Titolo: | Before Voltaire : the French origins of Newtonian mechanics, 1680-1715 / J.B. Shank. |
| Pubblicazione: | Chicago : The University of Chicago press, 2018. |
| Descrizione fisica: | IX, 444 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Contiene: | Indice: Acknowledgments. List of abbreviations. 1. Introduction: Translating Newton. Pt. 1. The institutional sources of analytical mechanics: mathematics at the Académie royale des sciences in the late seventeenth century: 2. Academic mathematics in France before 1699: the initial founding of the academy and its legacies 3. Academic mathematics in France before 1699: the administrative turn at the Academie royale des sciences. Pt. 2. Beyond the continental translation of Newtonian mechanics: the intellectual roots of analytical mechanics: 4. The Newtonian sources of analytical mechanics 5. The new infinitesimal calculus and the Leibnizian origins of analytical mechanics 6. The Malebranchian moment in France and the cultural origins of analytical mechanics. Pt. 3. Making analytical mechanics in the new Académie royale des sciences (1692-1715): 7. The beginnings of analytical mechanics (1692-98) 8. Analytical mechanics within the new public academy: first steps (1698--1700) 9. Analytical mechanics goes public: La querelle des infiniment petits 10. Managing toward consensus: Bignon, Fontenelle, and the creation of the pax analytica in France 11. Coda: Newton and mathematical physics in France in the twilight of the sun king. Notes. Index |
| ISBN: | 9780226509297 |
| Discipline: | Meccanica classica e Meccanica dei solidi--Persone. Matematica--Accademie e istituzioni. |
| Persone: | Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727--Diffusione e fortuna. |
| Enti: | Académie royale des sciences (Parigi). |
| Luoghi: | Parigi. |
| Sudd. cronologiche: | Secolo XVII. Secolo XVIII. |
| Collocazione: | LS 20889 |
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