What Was Mechanical about Mechanics: The Concept of Force between Metaphysics and Mechanics from Newton to Lagrange (2002)
Boudri, J. Christiaan (Author)
Kluwer Academic
Physical Details: xvi + 276 pp., figs., bibl., index
Language: English
Description On metaphysical debates and changes in the field of mechanics during the 18th century.
Review Gale, George (2002) Review of "What Was Mechanical about Mechanics: The Concept of Force between Metaphysics and Mechanics from Newton to Lagrange". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 697).
Review Nakane, Michiyo (2004) Review of "What Was Mechanical about Mechanics: The Concept of Force between Metaphysics and Mechanics from Newton to Lagrange". Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period (p. 67).
Review Arthur, Richard T. W. (2004) Review of "What Was Mechanical about Mechanics: The Concept of Force between Metaphysics and Mechanics from Newton to Lagrange". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (p. 240).
Review Guicciardini, Niccolò (2004) Review of "What Was Mechanical about Mechanics: The Concept of Force between Metaphysics and Mechanics from Newton to Lagrange". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 473).
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