Mechanician

A mechanician is an engineer or a scientist working in the field of mechanics, or in engineering, applied mechanics and similar fields. Sometimes mechanicians are also called mechaniker and mechanicist.

People who made lasting contributions to mechanics more than 100 years ago
Guillaume Amontons: laws of friction
Galileo Galilei: notion of strength.
Josiah Willard Gibbs: thermodynamics
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz: contact mechanics
Issac Newton: Newton's laws, law of gravitation

Related pages
 Applied mechanics
 Mechanics
 Mechanic

 Other websites 
iMechanica, news and views of interest to mechanicians and their friends.
Homepage of the ASME International Applied Mechanics Division 
Mathematics Geneaology Project
Mechanician Career Description 
The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

Category:Engineering occupations
Category:Science occupations