num_pages: 688
description: Monumental study traces the history of mechanical principles chronologically from their earliest roots in antiquity through the Middle Ages to the revolutions in relativistic mechanics and wave and quantum mechanics of the early 20th century. Contributions of ancient Greeks, Leonardo, Galileo, Kepler, Lagrange, many other important figures. 116 black-and-white illustrations.
language: English
title: A History of Mechanics
titlecomplete: A History of Mechanics (Dover Books on Physics)
genres: History, Science, Textbooks, Physics, Reference, History Of Science
ratings_count: 15
publisher: Dover Publications