The Conservation of energy and the principle of least action
By: edited by I. Bernard Cohen.
Contributors: Cohen, I. Bernard, 1914-
Series: The Development of science; Development of science.
Publisher: Arno Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 474
Subjects: Force and energy -- History -- Addresses, essays, lectures; Least action -- History -- Addresses, essays, lectures
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Reprinted from editions published 1874-1970.
Table of contents: title: Mach, E. History and root of the principle of the conservation of energy.; title: Jourdain, P. E. B. The principle of least action.; title: Stewart, B. The conservation of energy.; title: Kuhn, T. S. Energy conservation as an example of simultaneous discovery.; title: Elkana, Y. The Conservation of energy.