Continuum Mechanics through the Ages - From the Renaissance to the Twentieth Century

“The book, from a distinctly different viewpoint than usual, offers a clear and lucid account of the developments of continuum mechanics … . The book is highly recommendable, preferably in orderly reading of all the three volumes, to interested readers among mechanical engineers, applied mathematicians and physicists.” (M. Cengiz Dökmeci, zbMATH 1341.74004, 2016)

• Preface.- 1 Particles/Molecules vs Continuum: the Never-Ending Debate.- 2 Hydraulics: The Importance of Observations and Experiments.- 3 On Porous Media and Mixtures.- 4 Viscosity, Fast Flows and the Science of Flight.- 5 Duhem on Hydrodynamics and Elasticity.- 6 Poincaré and Hilbert on Continuum Mechanics.- 7 Viscoelasticity of Solids (Old and New).- 8 Plasticity over 150 Years (1864-2014).- 9 Fracture: To Crack or not to Crack. That is the Question. 10 Geometry and Continuum Mechanics.- 11 The Masters of Modern Continuum Mechanics.- 12 Epilogue.- Index.