Euler as Physicist

Softcover Nachdruck of hardcover 1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-3-642-09427-9
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 338 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 552 g

The subject of the book is the development of physics in the 18th century centered upon the fundamental contributions of Leonhard Euler to physics and mathematics. This is the first book devoted to Euler as a physicist. Classical mechanics are reconstructed in terms of the program initiated by Euler in 1736 and its completion over the following decades until 1760. The book examines how Euler coordinated his progress in mathematics with his progress in physics.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Suisky, Dieter

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Geschichte der Physik
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Geschichte der Mathematik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Predecessors: Descartes, Newton and Leibniz.- Newton and Leibniz on Time, Space and Forces.- Newton and Leibniz on the Foundation of the Calculus.- Euler’s Program for Mechanics.- The Foundation of the Calculus.- Euler’s Early Relativistic Theory.- Euler’s Wirksamkeit, Helmholtz’s Treatment of Energy Law and Beyond.- Euler’s Mechanics and Schrödinger’s Quantum Mechanics.