03165nam a22005415i 4500 978-3-031-39872-8 DE-He213 20251030110818.0 cr nn 008mamaa 230926s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031398728 978-3-031-39872-8 10.1007/978-3-031-39872-8 doi QA21-27 PBX bicssc MAT015000 bisacsh PBX thema Koetsier, Teun. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 66272 A History of Kinematics from Zeno to Einstein [electronic resource] : On the Role of Motion in the Development of Mathematics / by Teun Koetsier. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XV, 345 p. 180 illus., 4 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda History of Mechanism and Machine Science, 1875-3426 ; 46 This book covers the history of kinematics from the Greeks to the 20th century. It shows that the subject has its roots in geometry, mechanics and mechanical engineering and how it became in the 19th century a coherent field of research, for which Ampère coined the name kinematics. The story starts with the important Greek tradition of solving construction problems by means of kinematically defined curves and the use of kinematical models in Greek astronomy. As a result in 17th century mathematics motion played a crucial role as well, and the book pays ample attention to it. It is also discussed how the concept of instantaneous velocity, unknown to the Greeks, etc was introduced in the late Middle Ages and how in the 18th century, when classical mechanics was formed, kinematical theorems concerning the distribution of velocity in a solid body moving in space were proved. The book shows that in the 19th century, against the background of the industrial revolution, the theory of machines and thus the kinematics of mechanisms received a great deal of attention. In the final analysis, this led to the birth of the discipline. Mathematics. 65523 History. Science History. 65232 Mechanical engineering. 58323 History of Mathematical Sciences. 66197 History of Science. 66101 Mechanical Engineering. 58323 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031398711 Printed edition: 9783031398735 Printed edition: 9783031398742 History of Mechanism and Machine Science, 1875-3426 ; 46 66102 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39872-8 ZDB-2-ENG ZDB-2-SXE 56337 56337