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A History of Thermodynamics: The Missing Manual

We present a history of thermodynamics. Part 1 discusses definitions, a pre-history of heat and temperature, and steam engine efficiency, which motivated thermodynamics. Part 2 considers in detail three heat conservation-based foundational papers by Carnot, Clapeyron, and Thomson. For a reversible C...

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Autor principal: Saslow, Wayne M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7516509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33285852
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/e22010077