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A history of the work concept [electronic resource] : from physics to economics / Agamenon R. E. Oliveira.

Oliveira, Agamenon R. E., author.
2014
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Title
A history of the work concept [electronic resource] : from physics to economics / Agamenon R. E. Oliveira.
Author
Oliveira, Agamenon R. E., author.
ISBN
9789400777057 electronic book
9400777051 electronic book
9789400777040
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7705-7
Published
Dordrecht : Springer, 2014.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxiii, 239 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-94-007-7705-7 doi
Call Number
QA802
Dewey Decimal Classification
620.1009
Summary
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' 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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Includes bibliographical references.
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 18, 2013).
Series
History of mechanism and machine science ; v.24. 1875-3442
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Chapter 1: Theoretical Framework
Marxism
Genetic epistemology
Ecological economics
Theory of history and general historiography
Science historiography
PART I: The Conceptual Genesis
Chapter 2: The Conceptual Basis To Work Studies
Historical character of physical concepts construction
The evolution of space concepts
The development of time concept
The concept of force and its controversies
The concept of mass
Chapter 3: The Ideas Of Work And Energy In Mechanics
General considerations
The work concept and its formalization
The development of virtual works principle
The least action principle
The energy conservation principle
Chapter 4: The Rational Mechanics Dilemma
A brief history of mechanics in physical context
Mechanics formalization in XVIIIth century
Lagrangian mechanics
Laplacian project and rational mechanics
Empirical knowledge of machines manufactors
PART II: The Instrumental Genesis
Chapter 5: Lazare Carnot General Theory Of Machines
Lazare Carnot: scientific and political career
Science and French Revolution
The mechanics of Lazare Carnot
Work concept in Carnot?s mechanics
Carnot's memoir of 1779
Carnot?s memoir of 1781
Chapter 6: The Fundamental Principles Of Equilibrium And Motion Of Lazare Carnot
Chapter 7: The Metamorphosis Of Work Concept And Its Incorporation To Economic Thought
The conservation of living forces principle
Coulomb and the work as a form to overcome a passive resistance
Navier and work as a mechanical currency
Coriolis and the work as a measurement of machines operation
Poncelet's contribution to applied and industrial mechanics
Chapter 8: Conclusion
References.

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