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How mechanics shaped the modern world : a contextual introduction to concepts and applications / David H. Allen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allen, David H., 1950- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mechanics, Applied.
- Mechanics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (410 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer, 2023.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Mechanics and Our Ancestors
- Chapter 2 The Greeks
- Chapter 3 The Romans
- Chapter 4 Mechanics in the Middle Ages
- Chapter 5 The Artistic Renaissance
- Chapter 6 Finding Our Way
- Chapter 7 Mechanics Reborn
- Chapter 8 Music and Measuring
- Chapter 9 Continuum Mechanics, Art and Structures
- Chapter 10 Weather
- Chapter 11 Life Cycles
- Chapter 12 The Quality of Our Lives
- Chapter 13 Mechanics Today
- Chapter 14 Relativity
- Chapter 15 Quantum Mechanics
- Chapter 16 Bio mechanics
- Chapter 17 The Future of Mechanics.
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Allen, David H., 1950- How mechanics shaped the modern world.
- ISBN:
- 9783031277498
- 303127749X
- Publisher Number:
- 99994910789
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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