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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/124074847 Title: Heat and thermodynamics : a historical perspective Author: Christopher J T Lewis Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007. ISBN/ISSN: 9780313333323 0313333327 OCLC:124074847

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Heat and thermodynamics : a historical perspective

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Heat and thermodynamics : a historical perspective

Author:	Christopher J T Lewis
Publisher:	Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007.
Series:	Greenwood guides to great ideas in science
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Christopher J T Lewis Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780313333323 0313333327
OCLC Number:	124074847
Description:	xxi, 199 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents:	List of illustrations -- Series foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Heat in the early modern period -- 2. The rise and fall of the caloric theory -- 3. The motive power of fire : Sadi Carnot and the origins of thermodynamics -- 4. The mechanical equivalent of heat -- 5. Energy and entropy : the birth of thermodynamics -- 6. The kind of motion we call heat : the development of the kinetic theory of gases -- 7. Black bodies, free energy and absolute zero -- Conclusion -- Timeline -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
Series Title:	Greenwood guides to great ideas in science
Responsibility:	Christopher J.T. Lewis.
More information:	Table of contents only

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