Before Voltaire : the French origins of "Newtonian" mechanics, 1680-1715 /: the French origins of "Newtonian" mechanics, 1680-1715. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: J.B. Shank.
• Authors: Shank, John Bennett
• Contents: Introduction: translating Newton -- The institutional sources of analytical mechanics: mathematics at the Académie royale des sciences in the late seventeenth century -- Academic mathematics in France before 1699: the initial founding of the Academy and its legacies -- Academic mathematics in France before 1699: the administrative turn at the Académie royale des sciences -- Beyond the continental translation of "Newtonian mechanics": the intellectual roots of analytical mechanics -- The Newtonian sources of analytical mechanics -- The new infinitesimal calculus and the Leibnizian origins of analytical mechanics -- The Malebranchian moment in France and the cultural origins of analytical mechanics -- Making analytical mechanics in the new Académie royale des sciences, 1692-1715 -- The beginnings of analytical mechanics, 1692-98 -- Analytical mechanics within the new public academy: first steps, 1698-1700 -- Analytical mechanics goes public: "la querelle des infiniment petits" -- Managing toward consensus: Bignon, Fontenelle, and the creation of the pax -- Analytica in France -- Coda: Newton and mathematical physics in France in the twilight of the Sun King.
• Publisher Details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 531.0944/09032; Science -- General; Mechanics -- France -- History -- 17th century; Mechanics -- France -- History -- 18th century; Mechanics, Analytic -- History -- 17th century; Mechanics, Analytic -- History -- 18th century; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Mechanics; Mechanics, Analytic; SCIENCE / Mechanics / General; SCIENCE / Mechanics / Solids; Science -- History; History -- Europe -- France; History -- Renaissance; Mathematics -- History & Philosophy; France; History; Electronic books; Influence
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226509327
• Related ISBNs: 022650932X; 9780226509297; 022650929X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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