How Mechanics Shaped the Modern World: A Contextual Introduction to Concepts and Applications
Author:   David H. Allen
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Second Edition 2023
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9783031277511


Pages:   464
Publication Date:   03 October 2024
Format:   Paperback
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How Mechanics Shaped the Modern World: A Contextual Introduction to Concepts and Applications


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Author:   David H. Allen
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Second Edition 2023
ISBN:  

9783031277511


ISBN 10:   3031277511
Pages:   464
Publication Date:   03 October 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Mechanics and Our Ancestors.- Chapter 2 The Greeks.- Chapter 3 The Romans.- Chapter 4 Mechanics in the Middle Ages.- Chapter 5 The Artistic Renaissance.- Chapter 6 Finding Our Way.- Chapter 7 Mechanics Reborn.- Chapter 8 Music and Measuring.- Chapter 9 Continuum Mechanics, Art and Structures.- Chapter 10 Weather.- Chapter 11 Life Cycles.- Chapter 12 The Quality of Our Lives.- Chapter 13 Mechanics Today.- Chapter 14 Relativity.- Chapter 15 Quantum Mechanics.- Chapter 16 Bio mechanics.- Chapter 17 The Future of Mechanics.

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Dr. David Allen is currently Professor of Ocean Engineering at Texas A&M University.  He was formerly, 2010-2013, Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Texas-Pan American, and formerly, 2002-2010, Dean of the College of Engineering, University of Nebraska. He is the author of ""Introduction to the Mechanics of Deformable Solids,"" Springer, 2013, “How Mechanics Shaped the Modern World (First Edition),” Springer 2013, “Modeling and Design of Flexible Pavements,” (with D.N. Little and A. Bhasin”, Springer, 2018, and” Introduction to Aerospace Structural Analysis,” (with W.E. Hiasler), Wiley, 1985. 

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