Lazare and Sadi Carnot A Scientific and Filial Relationship /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Gillispie, Charles Coulston (Συγγραφέας), Pisano, Raffaele (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Έκδοση: 2nd ed. 2014.
• Σειρά: History of Mechanism and Machine Science, 19
• Θέματα: Engineering.; History.; Epistemology.; Mathematics.; Engineering, general.; History of Science.; History of Mathematical Sciences.

Lazare Carnot was the unique example in the history of science of someone who inadvertently owed the scientific recognition he eventually achieved to earlier political prominence. He and his son Sadi produced work that derived from their training as engineers and went largely unnoticed by physicists...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• From the Contents: Biographical Sketch of Lazare Carnot
• The Science Of Machines: Summary of Essai sur les machines en général
• Geometric motions
• Moment–of –Momentum
• Moment–of–Activity–The concept of work
• Practical conclusions
• The Development Of Carnot's Mechanics: Argument of the 1778 Memoir on theory of machines
• Argument of the 1780 Memoir.