A history of kinematics from Zeno to Einstein : on the role of motion in the development of mathematics / Teun Koetsier.
Pubblicazione:
Cham : Springer, c2024.
Descrizione fisica:
XV, 345 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Serie:
History of mechanism and machine science, 1875-3442 ; 46
Contiene:
Indice: 1. Philosophers, mathematics and motion 2. Motion beyond the Elements 3. General consideration and kinematical aspects of motion 4. Kinematical models in astronomy 5. The birth of instantaneous velocity 6. The parallelogram of instantaneous velocities 7. Napier, fermat, Descartes 8. De Witt, van Schooten, Newton and Huygens 9. Towards theoretical kinematics 10. Theoretical kinematics as a subject in its own right 11. Toward a new theory of machines 12. The new science is given a nema: kinematics 13. Developments in kinematics of mechanism 14. The work of English mathematicians on linkages during the period 1869-1878 15. Franz Reuleaux: kinematics as the essence of mechanical engineering 16. Ludwig Burmester: kinematics as part of geometry 17. Albert Einstein: the kinematics of scpecial relativity 18. Mikoski: the universe is a 4-dimensional manifold 19. Kinematics in the 20th century. Bibliography. Index
