How mechanics shaped the modern world /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Allen, David H., 1950- (Author)
Corporate Author: Gale (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, [2014]
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Mechanics and Our Ancestors
  • The Greeks
  • The Romans
  • Mechanics in the Middle Ages
  • The Artistic Renaissance
  • Finding Our Way
  • Mechanics Reborn
  • Music and Measuring
  • Continua, Art and Structures
  • Weather
  • Life Cycles
  • The Quality of Our Lives
  • Mechanics Today
  • The Future of Mechanics.