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Topic: Science / Physics / Classical Mechanics / People

Subtopics of "People"
  Galileo
  Newton, Isaac

Related topic:
  History (Physics)

**Subtopics of "People"**
Galileo	Newton, Isaac

**Related topic:**
History (Physics)

Web pages on "People":

d'Alembert - Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783)
Helped to resolve the controversy in mathematical physics over the conservation of kinetic energy by improving Newton's definition of force. A biography with references to his work and contemporaries, as well as affiliated organisations.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/D'Alembert.html

Hamilton, Sir William Rowan (1805-1865)
Responsible for Hamilton's Principle and the classical Hamiltonian
http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/Hamilton/

Lagrange, Joseph Louis
A biography written with reference to his peers; includes quotations and references to his works.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Lagrange.html

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