It focuses on the 18th century, which has often been considered uninteresting for the history of science, representing the transition from the age of genius and the birth of modern science (the 17th century) to the age of prodigious development in the 19th century.
Danilo Capecchi was professor of Structural Mechanics at University of Rome La Sapienza. His research into the history of science focuses mainly on classical mechanics.
Epistemology and Science at the Turn of the 18th Century.- The Birth of Physics as an Academic Discipline.- Classical Mechanics.- Physics in General.- The Emergence of the Science of Engineering.