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A History of the Work Concept - From Physics to Economics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)
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A History of the Work Concept - From Physics to Economics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)
Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science, 24
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This book traces the history of the concept of work from its
earliest stages and shows that its further formalization leads to
equilibrium principle and to the principle of virtual works, and so
pointing the way ahead for future research and applications. The
idea that something remains constant in a machine operation is very
old and has been expressed by many mathematicians and philosophers
such as, for instance, Aristotle. Thus, a concept of energy
developed. Another important idea in machine operation is
Archimedes'Â lever principle. In modern times the concept of
work is analyzed in the context of applied mechanics mainly in
Lazare Carnot mechanics and the mechanics of the new generation of
polytechnical engineers like Navier, Coriolis and Poncelet. In this
context the word "work" is finally adopted. These engineers are
also responsible for the incorporation of the concept of work into
the discipline of economics when they endeavoured to combine the
study of the work of machines and men together.
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