The Genesis of Fluid Mechanics, 1640–1780

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Calero, Julián Simón (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Σειρά: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 22
• Θέματα: History.; Philosophy.; Fluids.; Fluid mechanics.; History of Science.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Philosophy of Technology.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.

Fluid Mechanics, as a scientific discipline in a modern sense, was established between the last third of the 17th century and the first half of the 18th one. This book analyses its genesis, following its evolution along two basic lines of research, which have been named the "problem of resistan...