How Mechanics Shaped the Modern World: A Contextual Introduction to Concepts and Applications, Edition 2

David H. Allen

sept 2023 · Springer Nature

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This updated and augmented second edition covers the history of mechanics in such a way as to explain how this all-important discipline shaped our world. Like the first edition, Dr. Allen presents the material in an engaging, accessible manner, with many historic insights and thorough explanations of attending concepts. The text retains its coverage of classical mechanics, essentially Newtonian mechanics, and adds chapters on three additional topics that go well beyond classical mechanics: relativity, quantum/nanomechanics, and biomechanics.

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Dr. David Allen is currently Professor of Ocean Engineering at Texas A&M University. He was formerly, 2010-2013, Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Texas-Pan American, and formerly, 2002-2010, Dean of the College of Engineering, University of Nebraska. He is the author of "Introduction to the Mechanics of Deformable Solids," Springer, 2013, “How Mechanics Shaped the Modern World (First Edition),” Springer 2013, “Modeling and Design of Flexible Pavements,” (with D.N. Little and A. Bhasin”, Springer, 2018, and” Introduction to Aerospace Structural Analysis,” (with W.E. Hiasler), Wiley, 1985.