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>> The book is the first volume of the series Sources of the Max Planck
>> Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge. It
>> presents Guidobaldo del Monte's first book from 1577, the Mechanicorum
>> liber, which is reprinted here in a facsimile edition. The book is a
>> comprehensive treatise on mechanics dealing with the five simple
>> machines, the lever, the pulley, the wheel on an axle, the wedge, and
>> the screw. Their properties were in turn derived from the workings of
>> the balance and the lever. The idea that every mechanism can be reduced
>> to these five simple machines goes back to ... weiterlesen »Heron of
>> Alexandria and has been transmitted to the early modern period by
>> Pappus, while the foundational role of balance and lever goes back to
>> the Problemata Mechanica ascribed to Aristotle.
>> 328 Seiten s/w | 978-3-86931-962-9
in digital für umme. in print für 19,83 euronen.
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>> http://selignow.de/2011/02/18/offene-forschungsdaten-sind-nicht-alles/
>>
>> Annett Gries von kunsttexte.de stellte in der Diskussion die spannende
>> Frage, was der erste Band denn nun gekostet habe. Jörg Kantel, der
>> Leiter des MPI-WG-EDV-Service und maßgeblicher EDV-Spezialist für
>> dieses Projekt, schätzte ungefähr 23 Mannwochen. (3 Wochen × 5 Personen
>> für das Buch + 4 Wochen × 2 Personen für Webseite). Bei 1000 € pro
>> Personenwoche also mindestens 23.000 €.
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