“理论力学”名称的由来

THEORETICAL MECHANICS: LINGUISTICALLY ORIGIN

  • 摘要: 本文探讨“理论力学”作为第一门大学力学课程名称的起源和演化。通过对英语、法语、俄语、德语和汉语教材的分析,说明“理论力学”起源于牛顿所称的“理性力学”,由法国学者作为课程名称,并影响俄国和中国有了“理论力学”的课程名称,直到现在。同时英国和美国一度也使用过“理论力学”作为教材名称。

     

    Abstract: This essay explores the origin and evolution of “Theoretical Mechanics” as the first mechanics course in universities. The analysis on textbooks in English, French, Russian, German and Chinese reveals that “theoretical mechanics” originated from Newton's term “rational mechanics”, which French scholars used as the name of the course. Then the French usage was introduced to Russia and China to form “theoretical mechanics”. Meanwhile, “Theoretical Mechanics” was used as the name of textbooks in the United Kingdom and the United States.

     

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