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The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics, 1822–1854

Part of the book series: Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (HISTORY, volume 4)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
  2. The Producer’s Apology to the Spectators

    • Clifford Ambrose Truesdell III
    Pages 3-8
  3. The Common Inheritance

    • Clifford Ambrose Truesdell III
    Pages 9-27
  4. Prologue: Laplace, Biot, and Poisson

    • Clifford Ambrose Truesdell III
    Pages 29-46
  5. Act I. Workless Dissipation: Fourier

    • Clifford Ambrose Truesdell III
    Pages 47-78
  6. Act II. Dissipationless Work: Carnot

    • Clifford Ambrose Truesdell III
    Pages 79-137
  7. Distracting Interlude: Clapeyron and Duhamel

    • Clifford Ambrose Truesdell III
    Pages 139-147
  8. Distracting Interlude: Explosion of Print

    • Clifford Ambrose Truesdell III
    Pages 219-276
  9. Epilogue: Götterdämmerung

    • Clifford Ambrose Truesdell III
    Pages 337-339
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 341-372

Authors and Affiliations

  • The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

    Clifford Ambrose Truesdell

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