A History of the Theory of Elasticity and of the Strength of Materials

From Galilei to the Present Time
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-108-07044-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 570 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 794 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics

A distinguished mathematician and notable university teacher, Isaac Todhunter (1820–84) became known for the successful textbooks he produced as well as for a work ethic that was extraordinary, even by Victorian standards. A scholar who read all the major European languages, Todhunter was an open-minded man who admired George Boole and helped introduce the moral science examination at Cambridge. His many gifts enabled him to produce the histories of mathematical subjects which form his lasting memorial. First published between 1886 and 1893, the present work was the last of these. Edited and completed after Todhunter's death by Karl Pearson (1857–1936), another extraordinary man who pioneered modern statistics, these volumes trace the mathematical understanding of elasticity from the seventeenth to the late nineteenth century. Volume 2 (1893) was split into two parts. Part 2 covers the work of Neumann, Kirchhoff, Clebsch, Boussinesq, and Lord Kelvin.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Todhunter, Isaac

Pearson, Karl

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Geschichte der Mathematik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part II: 12. The older German elasticians; 13. Boussinesq; 14. Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin); Index; Corrigenda and addenda to Volume 1.