5 Questions
Who was the first to formulate a concise definition of thermodynamics?
Lord Kelvin
Which physicist believed that engine efficiency was the key to help France win the Napoleonic Wars?
Sadi Carnot
Who restated Carnot's principle known as the Carnot cycle?
Rudolf Clausius
Which field did thermodynamics historically develop out of a desire to increase efficiency in?
Steam engines
In what year did German physicist and mathematician Rudolf Clausius publish his most important paper, 'On the Moving Force of Heat'?
1850
Test your knowledge of the fundamental principles of thermodynamics, including heat, work, temperature, energy, and entropy. Explore how these concepts are governed by the four laws of thermodynamics and their applications in science and engineering.
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