Overview
- Unique topic on which not much has been published in monograph form
- Treats Lagrangian and Laplacian mechanics in historical context
- Of special interest to those studying Lazare Carnot
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science (HMMS, volume 24)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Conceptual Genesis
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Front Matter
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Keywords
About this book
This book traces the history of the concept of work from its earliest stages and shows that its further formalization leads to equilibrium principle and to the principle of virtual works, and so pointing the way ahead for future research and applications.
The idea that something remains constant in a machine operation is very old and has been expressed by many mathematicians and philosophers such as, for instance, Aristotle. Thus, a concept of energy developed. Another important idea in machine operation is Archimedes' lever principle.
In modern times the concept of work is analyzed in the context of applied mechanics mainly in Lazare Carnot mechanics and the mechanics of the new generation of polytechnical engineers like Navier, Coriolis and Poncelet. In this context the word "work" is finally adopted. These engineers are also responsible for the incorporation of the concept of work into the discipline of economics when they endeavoured to combine the study of the work of machines and men together.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A History of the Work Concept
Book Subtitle: From Physics to Economics
Authors: Agamenon R. E. Oliveira
Series Title: History of Mechanism and Machine Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7705-7
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-7704-0Published: 29 November 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-7918-0Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-7705-7Published: 19 November 2013
Series ISSN: 1875-3442
Series E-ISSN: 1875-3426
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 239
Number of Illustrations: 40 b/w illustrations
Topics: Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Thermodynamics, History of Mathematical Sciences