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100	1		_aCapecchi, Danilo,
245	1	4	_aThe Problem of the Motion of Bodies : _bA Historical View of the Development of Classical Mechanics / _cby Danilo Capecchi.
250			_a1st ed. 2014.
300			_a1 online resource (XII, 554 pages 83 illustrations)
520			_aThis book focuses on the way in which the problem of the motion of bodies has been viewed and approached over the course of human history. It is not another traditional history of mechanics but rather aims to enable the reader to fully understand the deeper ideas that inspired men, first in attempting to understand the mechanisms of motion and then in formulating theories with predictive as well as explanatory value. Given this objective, certain parts of the history of mechanics are neglected, such as fluid mechanics, statics, and astronomy after Newton. On the other hand, due attention is paid, for example, to the history of thermodynamics, which has its own particular point of view on motion. Inspired in part by historical epistemology, the book examines the various views and theories of a given historical period (synchronic analysis) and then makes comparisons between different periods (diachronic analysis). In each period, one or two of the most meaningful contributions are selected for particular attention, instead of presenting a long inventory of scientific achievements.
650		0	_aMechanical engineering.
650		0	_aMechanics, Applied.
650		0	_aMechanics.
650		0	_aPhysics.
650	1	4	_aTheoretical and Applied Mechanics.
650	2	4	_aHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.
650	2	4	_aMechanical Engineering.
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