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THE RATIONAL SPIRIT IN MODERN CONTINUUM MECHANI...

Through his voluminous and in?uential writings  editorial activities  organi- tional leadership
intellectual acumen  and strong sense of history  Clifford - brose Truesdell III (1919-2000)
was the main architect for the renaissance of - tional continuum mechanics since the middle of
the twentieth century. The present collection of 42 essays and research papers pays tribute to
this man of mathematics  science  and natural philosophy as well as to his legacy. The ?rst ?ve
essays by B. D. Coleman  E. Giusti  W. Noll  J. Serrin  and D. Speiser were texts of addresses
given by their authors at the Meeting in memory of Clifford Truesdell  which was held in Pisa
in November 2000. In these essays the reader will ?nd personal reminiscences of Clifford
Truesdell the man and of some of his activities as scientist  author  editor  historian of
exact sciences  and principal founding member of the Society for Natural Philosophy. The bulk
of the collection comprises 37 research papers which bear witness to the Truesdellian legacy.
These papers cover a wide range of topics  what ties them together is the rational spirit.
Clifford Truesdell  in his address upon receipt of a Birkhoff Prize in 1978  put the essence of
modern continuum mechanics succinctly as conceptual analysis  analysis not in the sense of the
technical term but in the root meaning: logical criticism  dissection  and creative scrutiny.

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