Clockwork, ephemeral and hybrid continua

On the occasion of the centenary of the publication by the Cosserat brothers of the treatise “Theorie des corps deformables”, a medley of ideas was listed which were inspired by that treatise and by the papers of the many authors who refer to it. The preference was accorded to the topics which, in our opinion, merit attention for greater potential of further achievements in the description of events in complex bodies.