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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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