Few areas of science are as all encompassing as materials science. Chemistry, physics, mechanical engineering, mathematics ... are each integral components, ensuring their contribution to the global harmony while at the same time retaining their own importance. The role of Physi…
"This volume deals with corpuscular matter theory that was to emerge as the dominant model in the seventeenth century. By retracing atomist and corpuscularian ideas to a variety of mutually independent medieval and Renaissance sources in natural philosophy, medicine, alchemy, ma…
This volume deals with corpuscular matter theory that was to emerge as the dominant model in the seventeenth century. By retracing atomist and corpuscularian ideas to a variety of mutually independent medieval and Renaissance sources in natural philosophy, medicine, alchemy, mat…
Quel est le point commun entre une tige de rhubarbe, une poutre en béton précontraint et les vitres de la pyramide du Louvre? Comment distinguer une mousse d'une émulsion? La fibre de l'Agave americana pourrait-elle remplacer le coton? Quel est le secret du glacis des Primitifs …
