A History of Thermodynamics The Doctrine of Energy and Entropy /

• Main Author: Müller, Ingo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Subjects: Engineering.; History.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Engineering, general.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.; History of Science.

The development of thermodynamics in the second half of the 19th century has had a strong impact on both technology and natural philosophy. It is true that the steam engine for the conversion of heat into work existed before thermodynamics was developed as a branch of physics. However, the systemati...

Table of Contents:

• Temperature
• Energy
• Entropy
• Entropy as S = k ln W
• Chemical Potentials
• Third Law of Thermodynamics
• Radiation Thermodynamics
• Thermodynamics of Irreversible Processes
• Fluctuations
• Relativistic Thermodynamics
• Metabolism.