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Author:   I. Grattan-Guinness
Publisher:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Imprint:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990
Volume:   2/3/4
Weight:   2.755kg
ISBN:  

9783034899185

ISBN 10:   3034899181
Pages:   1602
Publication Date:   19 January 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1 Propaedeutic.- 2 Institutions and individuals around the 1800s.- 3 The 18th-century heritage: the calculus around 1800.- 4 The Lagrangian tradition in the calculus, 1800–1815.- 5 The 18th-century heritage: mechanics around 1800.- 6 Progress in mechanics, 1800–1815.- 7 Laplace’s mathematicised molecular physics, 1804–1816.- 8 Aspects of engineering mathematics, 1800–1816.- 9 The entry of Fourier: heat theory and Fourier analysis, 1800–1816.- 10 The entry of Cauchy: complex variables and differential equations, 1810–1822.- 11 Cauchy’s inauguration of mathematical analysis, 1820–1827.- 12 The consolidation of heat theory, 1816–1825.- 13 The entry of Fresnel: physical optics, 1815–1824.- 14 The entry of physicist Ampère: electricity and magnetism, especially their connections, 1820–1826.- 15 The entry of Navier and the triumph of Cauchy: elasticity theory, 1819–1830.- 16 Work for the workers: engineering mechanics and its instruction, 1800–1830.- 17 Towards the 1830s: the new generation.- 18 Towards the 1840s: epilogue.- 19 Chorus.- 20 Texts of selected manuscripts and printings.- 21 Tables.- 22 Bibliography.- 23 Indexes.- 23.1 Explanatory introduction.- 23.2 Index of persons and their work.- 23.3 Index of institutions and publications.- 23.4 Index of subjects.

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