Computational Mechanics '86: Theory and Applications : Proceedings of International Conference on Computational Mechanics, May 25-29, 1986, Tokyo - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0387700137 ISBN 13: 9780387700137

Publisher: Springer Verlag, 1986

Synopsis

It is often said that these days there are too many conferences on general areas of computational mechanics. mechanics. and numer ical methods. vJhile this may be true. the his tory of scientific conferences is itself quite short. According to Abraham Pais (in "Subtle is the Lord ... " Oxford University Press. 1982. p.80). the first international scientific conference ever held was the Karlsruhe Congress of Chemists. 3-5 September 1860 in Karlsruhe. Germany. There were 127 chemists in attendance. and the participants came from Austria. Belgium. France. Germany. Great Britain. Italy. Mexico. Poland. Russia. Spain. Sweden. and Switzerland. At the top of the agenda of the points to be discussed at this conference was the "Shall a difference be made between the expressions molecule and atom?" Pais goes on to "The conference did not at once succeed in bringing chemists closer together ... It is possible that the older men were offended by the impetuous behavior and imposing manner of the younger scientists" (see references cited in Pais' book). It may be observed that history. in general. repeats itself. However. at ICCM-86 in Tokyo. roughly 500 participants from both the West and the East were in attendance; there were only scholarly exchanges; the young tried to learn from the more experienced. and a spirit of international academic cooperation prevailed."

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0387700137
• ISBN 13: 9780387700137
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 2858
• Editor: Genki Yagawa