What is Mechanician?
A '''mechanician''' is an [[engineer]] or a [[scientist]] working in the field of [[mechanics]], or in [[engineering]], [[applied mechanics]] and similar fields. Sometimes mechanicians are also called '''mechaniker''' and '''mechanicist'''. ==People who made lasting contributions to mechanics more than 100 years ago== [[File:Galileo Galilei 2.jpg|thumb|140px|right|[[Galileo Galilei]]]] *[[Guillaume Amontons]]: laws of [[friction]] *[[Galileo Galilei]]: notion of strength. *[[Josiah Willard Gibbs]]: [[thermodynamics]] *[[Heinrich Rudolf Hertz]]: [[contact mechanics]] *[[Issac Newton]]: [[Newton's laws]], [[law of gravitation]] ==Related pages== * [[Applied mechanics]] * [[Mechanics]] == Other websites == *[http://iMechanica.org/ iMechanica], news and views of interest to mechanicians and their friends. *[http://divisions.asme.org/amd/ Homepage of the ASME International Applied Mechanics Division] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521224149/http://divisions.asme.org/AMD/ |date=2013-05-21 }} *[http://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/html/ Mathematics Geneaology Project] *[http://www.career-descriptions.co.uk/domestic-radio-and-television-mechanician-career-description.htm Mechanician Career Description] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610042324/http://career-descriptions.co.uk/domestic-radio-and-television-mechanician-career-description.htm |date=2012-06-10 }} *[http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/ The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive] {{physics-stub}} [[Category:Engineering occupations]] [[Category:Science occupations]]