Before Voltaire. The French origins of ``Newtonian mechanics, 1680--1715

DOI10.7208/CHICAGO/9780226509327.001.0001zbMATH Open1408.01001OpenAlexW4252643703MaRDI QIDQ4580314FDOQ4580314

Authors: John Bennett Shank 

Publication date: 14 August 2018

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226509327.001.0001

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zbMATH Keywords

analytical mechanicshistory of mechanicsNewtonian mechanics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to history and biography (01-02) History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03) Schools of mathematics (01A72)

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