Jean d'Alembert

Gordon and Breach Science Publishers

1990

260 p.

Classics in the history and philosophy of science ; 6

9782881243998

Science and the Enlightenment; the education of a "philosophe"; d'Alembert and the scientific community; Diderot and the encyclopedic venture; the Great Chain; science and the "philosophical" campaign; force and necessity - the search for mechanical principles; the laws of motion and d'Alembert's principle; virtual velocities and "vis viva"; the representation of physical laws; conclusion - mechanics and philosophy

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