The complete works of Gabrio Piola: Volume I. Commented English translation of the original Italian works, published between 1825 and 1856 (Q461972)

This first awesome volume of the English translation of the works of Gabrio Piola, a not very well-known (Italian) pioneer of continuum mechanics, fills in a gap in the international literature. The book is accompanied by a series of didactical and historical articles written by the editors. In order to understand the importance of the work of Piola, beside the use of this new scientific and historical volume, it is worth consulting the following volume of Edoardo Benvenuto on a closely related topic: [\textit{E. Benvenuto}, An introduction to the history of structural mechanics. Part I: Statics and resistance of solids. Part II: Vaulted structures and elastic systems. New York etc.: Springer-Verlag (1991; Zbl 0766.73006)]. For Volume II see [Zbl 1402.01035].