2001/04/01 by Irmgard K. Howard · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
paper · doi:10.1021/ed078p505
openalex publication_date 2001/04/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2025/11/06
In the development of thermodynamics, 19th-century scientist Rudolf Clausius devised mathematical equations with which to describe the actions and relationships of heat and work. This paper traces his thinking from his 1850 publication on "The Moving Force of Heat and the Laws Which May Be Deduced Therefrom" to the 1879 English edition of his textbook, The Mechanical Theory of Heat, particularly noting his ideas about parallel concepts of energy and entropy.