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A history of mechanics / by René Dugas ; foreword by Louis de Broglie ; translated into English by J.R. Maddox.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dugas, René.
- Series:
- Dover classics of science and mathematics
- Dover classics of science and mathematics.
- Standardized Title:
- Histoire de la mécanique. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Mechanics--History.
- Mechanics.
- History.
- Wave mechanics.
- Physical Description:
- 662 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- Dover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dover Publications, 1988.
- Summary:
- Monumental study traces the history of mechanical principles chronologically from antiquity through the early 20th century. Contributions of ancient Greeks, Leonardo, Galileo, Kepler, Lagrange, others. 116 illustrations.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Histoire de la mécanique.
- First published in 1955.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0486656322
- OCLC:
- 17840827
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