Beyond inertia: The science of mechanics in the seventeenth century

这个项目的目的是出版一本书，书名暂定为《超越惯性：十七世纪力学的转变》。在那个世纪，力学的边界大大扩展到包括运动和其他领域的研究。这项研究涵盖了本世纪不同时期人们所理解的力学的所有领域，而不仅仅是抛射物和天体的运动。因此，该项目研究水的科学和材料的阻力。该项目的方法密切关注实验的作用，特别是定量实验，以及所使用的数学。获取逐渐并入的领域的财富的最佳方式是关注学者研究的对象，包括：杠杆；斜面；钟摆；横梁；运河；坠落、投射和碰撞的物体；吊索；弹簧；振动索；穿孔的蓄水池；悬挂的链条；在抵抗介质中运动的物体；行星、卫星和彗星。对这些物体进行了经验研究，包括它们的材料特性，并以抽象的形式进行了研究。对物质和抽象对象之间的紧张关系的研究是该项目的定义方法特征之一。这项研究涵盖了数学学科发展史上的一个重要转折时期。这一主题是科学史的经典元素之一，在科学史课程中得到了广泛的考察。事实上，除了被列入所有科学调查的历史之外，它也是如此重要，以至于经常成为专门课程的对象。然而，目前还没有关于这一中心主题的最新或可靠的专著。该项目同时推进了知识和科学教育，因为这本书既针对该领域的学者，也针对研究生。在附录中加入了技术材料，使这本书的主要部分能够被广泛的读者所理解。

This project the publication of a book tentatively titled "Beyond inertia: the transformation of mechanics in the seventeenth century." In that century the boundaries of mechanics were greatly expanded to include the study of motion and other areas. The study covers all areas of mechanics as it was understood at different times in the century, not just the motion of projectiles and celestial bodies. Therefore, the project investigates the science of waters and the resistance of materials. The project's methods pay close attention to the role of experiments, especially quantitative experiments, and to the mathematics employed. The best way to capture the wealth of domains progressively incorporated is to focus on the objects studied by scholars, including: the lever; the inclined plane; the pendulum; beams; canals; falling, projected, and colliding bodies; slings; springs; vibrating cords; pierced cisterns; hanging chains; bodies moving in resisting media; planets, satellites, and comets. These objects were studied empirically, including their material characteristics, and in abstract form. The study of the tensions between material and abstract objects is one of the defining methodological features of the project. This study covers a major transition period in the history of the mathematical disciplines. The topic is one of the classical elements of the history of science and has been widely examined in history of science courses. Indeed, it is so important as to be often the object of specialized courses, besides being included in all history of science surveys. However, there is no recent or reliable monograph on this central topic. The project advances both knowledge and science education because the book is aimed at both scholars in the field and graduate students. The incorporation of technical material in appendices makes the main portion of the book accessible to a wide audience.