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This book is composed of chapters that focus specifically on technological developments by distinguished figures in the history of MMS (Mechanism and Machine Science). Biographies of well-known scientists are also included to describe their efforts and experiences and surveys of their work and achievements and a modern interpretation of their legacy are presented.
After the first two volumes, the papers in this third volume again cover a wide range within the field of the History of Mechanical Engineering with specific focus on MMS and will be of interest and motivation to the work (historical or not) of many.
List of contents
Preface.- Lorenzo Allievi, by Marco Ceccarelli.- Leonid Assur, by Alexander Evgrafov and Denis Kozlikin.- Giuseppe Antonio Borgnis, by Marco Ceccarelli.- Chun-Hung Chang, by Hong-Sen Yan, Tyng Liu, Wen-Yeuan Chung, Shyi-Jen Tsai, Ching-Kuo Lin.- Konstantin Frolov, by Olga Erogova.- Karl Hoecken, by Hanfried Kerle.- Yeong-Sil Jang, by Moon Hyon Nam.- Mikail Spirov Konstantinov, by Penka J. Genova.- Francisc Kovacs, by Erwin Christian Lovasz.- Jan Oderfeld, by Teresa Zielinska.- Kurt Rauh, by Burkhard Corves.- Leonid Reshetov, by Valenti Tarabarin.- Leonid Smirnov, by Alexander Golovin.- Simon Stevin, by Teun Koetsier.- Marcus Pollio Vitruvius, by Michela Cigola and Marco Ceccarelli.- Index of Names.
Summary
This book is composed of chapters that focus specifically on technological developments by distinguished figures in the history of MMS (Mechanism and Machine Science). Biographies of well-known scientists are also included to describe their efforts and experiences and surveys of their work and achievements and a modern interpretation of their legacy are presented.
After the first two volumes, the papers in this third volume again cover a wide range within the field of the History of Mechanical Engineering with specific focus on MMS and will be of interest and motivation to the work (historical or not) of many.
