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Found 1 from your keywords: author=Oliveira, Agamenon R. E
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A History of the Work Concept : From Physics to Economics
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Oliveira, Agamenon R. E

This 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…

Edition
1
ISBN/ISSN
978-94-007-7705-7
Collation
xxiii, 239p.: Ill.
Series Title
History of Mechanism and Machine Science
Call Number
620.1009 Oli a