This book discusses technological developments by distinguished figures in the history of MMS (mechanism and machine science). It includes biographies of well-known scientists, describing their efforts, experiences and achievements and offering a modern interpretation of their legacy. This volume includes scientists from a wide range of time periods, academic disciplines, and geographical backgrounds, such as Giovanni Bianchi, Homer, Taqi Al-Din, Jacques de Vaucanson, Ma Jun, Xu Baosheng, Alexander Alexandrovich Golovin, Francesco di Giorgio and Cesare Rossi.
Covering a wide range of figures within the field of history of mechanical engineering, with a particular focus on MMS, this fourth volume is of interest to, and will inspire the work (historical or not) of many.
Author(s): Marco Ceccarelli; Yibing Fang
Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science, 38
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: vii, 175
City: Cham
Tags: Mechanical engineers -- Biography; Mechanical engineering -- History
Front Matter ....Pages i-vii
Giovanni Bianchi (1924–2003) (Alberto Rovetta, Marco Ceccarelli)....Pages 1-13
Jacques de Vaucanson (1709–1782) (Yanyu Wang)....Pages 15-46
Francesco di Giorgio (1439–1501) (Marco Ceccarelli, Pier Gabriele Molari)....Pages 47-66
Alexander Alexandrovich Golovin (1939–2013) (N. Selezneva, S. Vorotnikov, A. Vukolov, D. Saschenko, Marco Ceccarelli)....Pages 67-84
Homer (c. 800–c. 701 BCE) (S. A. Paipetis)....Pages 85-108
Ma Jun (The 3rd Century AD) (Baichun Zhang, Yexin Liu)....Pages 109-114
Cesare Rossi (1955–2017) (Marco Ceccarelli, Alessandro Gasparetto)....Pages 115-125
Taqî al Dîn (1521–1585) (Melek Dosay Gökdoğan, Tuba Uymaz)....Pages 127-145
Xu Baosheng (1912–2007) (Lifang Lei, Yibing Fang)....Pages 147-167
Back Matter ....Pages 169-172
