Lagrange as a Historian of Mechanics

Agamenon R. E. Oliveira

Polytechnic School of Rio de Janeiro, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

DOI: 10.4236/ahs.2013.23016                

Abstract

In the first and second parts of his masterpiece, Analytical Mechanics, dedicated to static and dynamics respectively, Lagrange (1736-1813) describes in detail the development of both branches of mechanics from a historical point of view. In this paper this important contribution of Lagrange (Lagrange, 1989) to the history of mechanics is presented and discussed in tribute to the bicentennial year of his death.

Keywords

History of Mechanics; Epistemology of Physics; Analytical Mechanics

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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