Mechanics IUTAM USNC/TAM A History of People, Events, and Communities [Hardcover]

This book provides a detailed history of theUnited States National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics(USNC/TAM) of the US National Academies, the relationship between the USNC/TAMand IUTAM, and a review of the many mechanicians who developed the field overtime. It emphasizes the birth and growth of USNC/TAM, the birth and growth ofthe larger International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM),and explores the work of mechanics from Aristotle to the present. Written bythe former Secretary of USNC/TAM, Dr. Carl T. Herakovich of the University ofVirginia, the book profiles luminaries of mechanics including Galileo, Newton,Bernoulli, Euler, Cauchy, Prandtl, Einstein, von K?rm?n, Timoshenko, and in so doingprovides insight into centuries of scientific and technologic advance.

Acknowledgements.- Preface.- Mechanics: An Engineering Science.- Brief History Of Mechanics.- The Giants Of Mechanics.- Ancient Greece (Bc).- The Renaissance.- Industrial Revolution.- Paris And ?cole Polytechnique.- Technological Revolution.- Major Developments In Mechanics.- Mechanics At G?ttingen.- International Research Council.- The Innsbruck Conference.- International Applied Mechanics Congresses.- Mechanics In The United States.- Land Grant Colleges .- National Academy Of Sciences (Nas).- First Flight.- National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics (Naca).- National Research Council (Nrc) .- Immigrants To United States.- Other Immigrants To The United States.- Asme Applied Mechanics Division.- International Congresses  American Involvement.- International Union Of Theoretical And Applied Mechanics.- IUTAM General Assembly.- IUTAM Bureau.- USNC/TAM.- USNC/TAM Time Line.- The Independent Years.- A Committee Of The National Academy Of Sciences.- USNCTAM Constitution And Bylaws.- USNCTAM Member Societies.- USNC/TAM Members.- USNC/TAM Officers.- USNC/TAM Chairs.- Secretaries Of The USNC/TAM.- USNC/TAM In IUTAM Leadership Positions.- USNC/TAM Diversity.- Acal“