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The ancient Greeks defined mechanics as the art of constructing machines. Nowadays, mechanics is primarily understood as one of the main disciplines of physics. It is a term applied to the theories of force such as motion and stress, not necessarily taking into account the matter acted upon or acting. Mechanics is subdivided into three parts: kinematics, dynamics and statics. Kinematics is concerned with pure movements without considering their origin. Dynamics deals with movements in relation to those forces which cause them. Statics is the theory of the composition of forces and their equivalence (from an encyclopedia). According to these definitions, mechanics entails an ordered cooperation of forces or stress and their respective substrates. There is no space for non-physical dimensions and principles in these definitions which reinforce the impression of the unchangeable on the one hand and the unbroken, concerted combination of parts on the other hand, which does not leave anything to chance.
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Paweletz, N. (1987). A Life Scientist’s View of the “Mechanics of Cell Division” or: Unknown, Forgotten and Neglected Mechanisms of Mitosis. In: Akkas, N. (eds) Biomechanics of Cell Division. Nato ASI Series, vol 132. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1271-0_5
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