LEADER 04194oam 2200433 450 001 9910299712203321 005 20190911112727.0 010 $a94-007-7705-1 024 7 $a10.1007/978-94-007-7705-7 035 $a(OCoLC)867639050 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL6YAN 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000075885 100 $a20130909d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA history of the work concept $efrom physics to economics /$fAgamenon R.E. Oliveira 205 $a1st ed. 2014. 210 1$aDordrecht, Netherlands :$cSpringer,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (xxiii, 239 pages) $cillustrations (some color), portraits 225 1 $aHistory of Mechanism and Machine Science,$x1875-3442 ;$v24 300 $a"ISSN: 1875-3442." 311 $a94-007-7704-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aPreface by Raffaele Pisano -- Introduction -- 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 Carnotīs mechanics -- Carnotīs memoir of 1779 -- Carnotīs 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 machinesī operation -- Ponceletīs contribution to applied and industrial mechanics -- Chapter 8: Conclusion -- References. 330 $aThis  book traces the history of the concept of work from its earliest stages and shows that its further formalization leads to equilibrium principle and to the principle of virtual works, and so pointing the way ahead for future research and applications. The idea that something remains constant in a machine operation is very old and has been expressed by many mathematicians and philosophers such as, for instance, Aristotle. Thus,  a concept of energy developed. Another important  idea in machine operation is Archimedes' lever principle. In modern times the concept of work is analyzed in the context of applied mechanics mainly in Lazare Carnot mechanics and the mechanics of the new generation of polytechnical engineers like Navier, Coriolis and Poncelet. In this context the word "work" is finally adopted. These engineers are also responsible for the incorporation of the concept of work into the discipline of economics when they endeavoured to combine the study  of the work of machines and men together. 410 0$aHistory of mechanism and machine science ;$vvolume 24. 606 $aMechanics$xHistory 615 0$aMechanics$xHistory. 676 $a510.9 700 $aOliveira$b Agamenon R. E$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0935073 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910299712203321 996 $aA History of the Work Concept$92105774 997 $aUNINA