Rapports entre équilibre et dynamique au tournant des 17e et 18e siècles
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11754479 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christophe Schmit (0000-0001-9721-2277, 1CNRS – Observatoire de Paris [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 505-548 |
| Publication date | 2014-12-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Early Science and Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1383-7427 • E-ISSN: 1573-3823 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15733823-00196p01 |
| PMID | 25577927 |
| OpenAlex | W1963645667 |
| Language | FR |
| Citations received | 2 |
This article investigates the reception of Galileo and Descartes' principles of statics in the works of some French scientists in the second half of seventeenth century, tracing their importance for the genesis of a concept of force. Through an examination of the link between statics and dynamics--especially concerning the phenomena of collision and the motion of falling bodies--it will be shown, first, that these principles of statics actually contributed to the genesis of dynamics; secondly, that the authors examined in this article managed to unify the various fields of mechanics by building a common axiomatic basis, and, thirdly, that there exists a conceptual identity between actions in engines and actions in dynamic phenomena. The evidence brought fourth in this articles challenges the view according to which statics, and more particularly the law of the lever, was an obstacle for the development of dynamics, and particularly for the conceptualization of force
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |