Between Mechanics and Architecture: The Mathematical Search for Stability in Architecture (Mathematics and the Built Environment, 8). Cet article n’est pas disponible.Between Mechanics and Architecture: The Mathematical Search for Stability in Architecture (Mathematics and the Built Environment, 8)

This collection of essays reflects the author's decades-long dedication to studying the interplay between mechanics and architecture. It explores how advancements in mechanics have influenced architectural innovation and how the need for new architectural solutions has driven theoretical progress in engineering. By examining the historical roots of these fields, these essays provide a deep analysis of key developments.

This interdisciplinary work will appeal to scholars, students, and anyone interested in the complex relationship between the theoretical and practical aspects of architecture and civil engineering.

Patricia Radelet-de Grave is a historian of science with a background in physics and history of science. She has worked at the Catholic University of Louvain la Neuve in Belgium, the University of Genoa in Italy, the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris, France, and at the University of Pisa, Italy. With Edoardo Benvenuto, in 1993 she started the conference series titled "Entre mécanique et architecture", which saw the participation of well-known scholars in the field.