Euler as Physicist

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Suisky, Dieter (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Θέματα: Physics.; Mathematics.; History.; Mechanics.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Physics, general.

"Euler as Physicist" analyzes the exceptional role of Leonhard Euler (1707 - 1783) in the history of science and emphasizes especially his fundamental contributions to physics. Although Euler is famous as the leading mathematician of the 18th century, his contributions to physics are as im...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The Predecessors: Descartes, Newton and Leibniz
• Newton and Leibniz on Time, Space and Forces
• Newton and Leibniz on the Foundation of the Calculus
• Euler’s Program for Mechanics
• The Foundation of the Calculus
• Euler’s Early Relativistic Theory
• Euler’s Wirksamkeit, Helmholtz’s Treatment of Energy Law and Beyond
• Euler’s Mechanics and Schrödinger’s Quantum Mechanics.