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Heat and thermodynamics : a historical perspective / Christopher J.T. Lewis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lewis, Christopher J. T. (Christopher John Tudor), 1948-
- Series:
- Greenwood guides to great ideas in science
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Heat.
- Thermodynamics.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 199 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- Provides a short history of the ideas behind some of the most powerful ideas in physics: heat and energy
- Contents:
- Heat in the early modern period
- The rise and fall of the caloric theory
- The motive power of fire
- The mechanical equivalent of heat
- Energy and entropy: the birth of thermodynamics
- The kind of motion we call heat: the development of the kinetic theory
- Black bodies, free energy and absolute zero
- Conclusion
- Timeline
- Glossary.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780313333323
- 0313333327
- OCLC:
- 124074847
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