A history of kinematics from Zeno to Einstein : on the role of motion in the development of mathematics / Teun Koetsier.

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...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author:	Koetsier, T. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer, [2024]
Series:	History of mechanism and machine science ; v. 46.
Subjects:	Kinematics > History. Kinematics History