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Thermodynamic Weirdness: From Fahrenheit to Clausius (The MIT Press) by Don S. Lemons; is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Thermodynamic Weirdness: From Fahrenheit to Clausius (The MIT Press) about?
Thermodynamics has never been easier to understand than in this non-mathematical account revealing the simplicity, principles, and key players of this fascinating branch of physics. Students of physics, chemistry, and engineering are taught classical thermodynamics through its methods—a “problems first” approach that neglects the subject's concepts and intellectual structure. In Thermodynamic Weirdness, Don Lemons fills this gap, offering a nonmathematical account of the ideas of classical thermodynamics in all its non-Newtonian “weirdness.” By emphasizing the ideas and their relationship to one another, Lemons reveals the simplicity and coherence of classical thermodynamics. Lemons presents concepts in an order that is both chronological and logical, mapping the rise and fall of ideas. You'll learn about: • The invention of temperature • Heat as a form of motion or material fluid • Carnot's analysis of heat engines • William Thomson (or Lord Kelvin) and his two definitions of absolute temperature • Energy as the mechanical equivalent of heat • Early versions of the first and second laws of thermodynamics • Entropy and the law of entropy non-decrease • The differing views of Lord K
Who reads Thermodynamic Weirdness: From Fahrenheit to Clausius (The MIT Press)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Don S. Lemons;
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780262039390
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Science, History, Engineering
- Rating
- 4.4 / 5 (33 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14