A History Of The Theory Of Elasticity And Of The Strength Of Materials, From Galilei To The Present Time (Volume I) Galilei To Saint Venant 1639-1850 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789354307898)

A defining survey of elasticity from Galilei to Saint-Venant. It changed how engineers think. Isaac Todhunter's authoritative history traces the evolution of ideas in elasticity theory and the strength of materials from 1639 through 1850, illuminating how early modern physics matured into modern mechanics. Clear-eyed yet scholarly, Todhunter balances chronological narrative with incisive commentary, making the volume both a readable classical physics history and a rigorous mechanics reference volume for specialists. As a history of engineering books and a scientific monograph collection staple, it maps debates, methods and personalities that shaped foundational mechanics works and the wider elasticity theory development. Compact and coherent, the text serves equally as a strength of materials study and an academic research resource; it also reads well as an engineering students textbook for those beginning to study the subject. A work of lasting literary and historical significance, Todhunter's narrative recasts the subject as part of the ongoing story of science rather than a sequence of isolated discoveries. It bridges early modern physics and nineteenth century science, setting mathematical advances in elasticity within social and intellectual contexts and making the account as rewarding for a curious general reader as for the specialist. Collectors of classical literature and curators of foundational mechanics works will value the book's measured prose and meticulous scholarship; likewise, the volume is at home on the shelf beside academic research resource lists and graduate reading for those tracing elasticity theory development. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Whether sought as an accessible mechanics reference volume, a strength of materials study or an engineering students textbook, Todhunter's work endures: a bridge from Galilei to Saint-Venant that rewards reading, study and display.

Author: Isaac Todhunter
ISBN-10: 9354307892
ISBN-13: 9789354307898
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Language: English
Published: 12/15/2020
Pages: 948
Format: Paperback
Weight: 4.74lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.87d