Euler and the Fountains of Sanssouci

@article{Eckert2002EulerAT,  title={Euler and the Fountains of Sanssouci},  author={Michael Eckert},  journal={Archive for History of Exact Sciences},  year={2002},  volume={56},  pages={451-468},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:121790508}}
  • M. Eckert
  • Published1 November 2002
  • Philosophy
  • Archive for History of Exact Sciences
L'article tente de trouver les raisons de l'echec de Leonhard Euler en hydrodynamique, concernant notamment ses calculs et travaux dans le cadre de la creation de la fontaine du Sans-souci. L'auteur tente de determiner la nature du probleme hydrodynamique et sa relation aux questions pratiques liees a la construction d'une fontaine, presente un panorama des connaissances en hydrodynamique au dix-huitieme siecle et explique les theories sur lesquelles Euler a base son travail dans ce cas precis. 

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