From anomaly to fundament: Louis Poinsot's theories of the couple in mechanics

DOI10.1016/j.hm.2013.08.002zbMath1284.01033OpenAlexW2048380018MaRDI QIDQ2436781

Ivor Grattan-Guinness

Publication date: 26 February 2014

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2013.08.002

zbMATH Keywords

École Polytechniquegeometry versus analysis in mechanicshistory of staticsLouis Poinsotteaching mechanicsthe couple in statics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03)

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