How Mechanics Shaped the Modern World

• Main Author: Allen, David H. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Engineering.; History.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.; History of Science.

This unique book presents a nontechnical view of the history of mechanics, from the Big Bang to present day. The impact of mechanics on the evolution of a variety of subjects is vividly illustrated, including astronomy, geology, astrophysics, anthropology, archeology, ancient history, Renaissance ar...

Table of Contents:

• Mechanics and Our Ancestors
• The Greeks
• The Romans
• Mechanics in the Middle Ages
• The Artistic Renaissance
• Finding Our Way
• Mechanics Reborn
• Music and Measuring
• Continua, Art and Structures
• Weather
• Life Cycles
• The Quality of Our Lives
• Mechanics Today
• The Future of Mechanics.