Heat and thermodynamics a historical perspective / Christopher J.T. Lewis.

By: Lewis, Christopher J. T. (John Tudor), 1948-Material type: TextTextSeries: Greenwood guides to great ideas in science: Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2009Description: xxi, 199 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN: 9780313333323Subject(s): Heat | ThermodynamicsGenre/Form: Electronic books. Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification: 536 LOC classification: QC254.2 | .L49 2009ebOnline resources: Click here for full text.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-192) and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2008. Available via the World Wide Web. Access is limited to subscribers of ebooks.greenwood.com.

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