Mechanics
The science of motion and forces, and of machines.
Works to read
- The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, 1895
- Principia by Isaac Newton, 1687 · Great Books
- On the Motion and Gait of Animals by Aristotle, c. 350-322 BC · Great Books
- The Method (Geometrical Solutions Derived from Mechanics) by Archimedes, c. 250 BCE · Great Books
- On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals (De Motu Cordis) by William Harvey, 1628 · Great Books
- Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences (Second to Fourth Days) by Galileo Galilei, 1638 · Great Books
- Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Michael Faraday, 1839 · Great Books
- Timaeus by Plato, c. 360 BCE · Great Books
- New Astronomy and The Harmony of the World by Johannes Kepler, 1609-1619 · Great Books
- Galileo: The Starry Messenger, Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina, and Two New Sciences (First Day) by Galileo Galilei, 1610-1638 · Great Books
- The Works of William Harvey by William Harvey, 1628-1651 · Great Books
- The Huxley-Wilberforce Debate by Thomas Henry Huxley and Samuel Wilberforce, 1860
Passages
The strength of an army, like the power in mechanics, is estimated by multiplying the mass by the rapidity
— Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon's Maxims of War
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