Constructing the Edifice of Mechanics Constructing the Edifice of Mechanics
Undergraduate Texts in Physics

Constructing the Edifice of Mechanics

From Newton to Modernity

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Descripción editorial

This book deals with theoretical mechanics. Newton published the "Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica" in 1687. In it, he sets out the basic principles of physics that are required to understand the motion of the planets, their moons, and the comets in the solar system. It includes the gravitational (inverse square) law, the inertial principle, and the basic elements of mechanics. Since its publication, a large number of refinements and reformulations have been introduced, thereby adding enormous insight into the structure of mechanics, which is commonly known as “classical mechanics”. All these have in common that by taking a suitable limit, Newton's original principles re-appear. Thus, physicists and mathematicians who work on the subject always have a notion that if their theories do not return to Newton's foundations, then there is something wrong. Newton himself acknowledged that 'if I have seen further (than others), it is by standing on the shoulders of giants'. One of these giants was undoubtedly Galileo who died in the year Newton was born. So, Newton himself adhered to the 'classical limit'.

GÉNERO
Ciencia y naturaleza
PUBLICADO
2023
25 de julio
IDIOMA
EN
Inglés
EXTENSIÓN
217
Páginas
EDITORIAL
Springer Nature Switzerland
VENDEDOR
Springer Nature B.V.
TAMAÑO
14
MB

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