A History of Mechanics

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Monumental study traces the history of mechanical principles chronologically from their earliest roots in antiquity through the Middle Ages to the revolutions in relativistic mechanics and wave and quantum mechanics of the early 20th century. Contributions of ancient Greeks, Leonardo, Galileo, Kepler, Lagrange, many other important figures. 116 black-and-white illustrations. * * *[René Dugas](https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n88005711/) (1898-1957) was a student of [Émile Jouguet](https://www.worldcat.org/identities/viaf-61656616/) (1871-1943), and Jouguet was a Duhem colleague who shared Duhem's interests.Dugas was an historian and physicist, like Duhem. * René Dugas, “[ **Physical method according to Duhem in view of quantum mechanics** (La méthode physique au sens de Duhem devant la mécanique des quanta)](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333808287_Physical_method_according_to_Duhem_in_view_of_quantum_mechanics),” trans. Alan Aversa, [*Revue générale des sciences pures et appliquées* , no. 49 (1937): 68–71](https://archive.org/stream/QuantumDuhem/Dugas%20-%201937%20-%20La%20m%C3%A9thode%20physique%20au%20sens%20de%20Duhem%20devant%20la%20m%C3%A9c#mode/2up), DOI: [10.13140/RG.2.2.10684.69769](https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.10684.69769).