The concept of entropy, from its origins to teachers scielo. The clausius mossotti equation ottaviano mossotti 1850 and rudolf clausius 1879 jason rich mckinley group summer reading club familiar results and famous papers. Rudolf clausius cientifico aleman nacido en 1822 cuyo nombre completo es rudolf julius emmanuel calusius. Rankine and the rise of thermodynamics the british. The first and second laws of thermodynamics emerged simultaneously in the 1850s, primarily out of the works of william rankine, rudolf clausius, and william thomson lord kelvin. Rudolf julius emanuel clausius, one of europes elite theoretical physicists, was born in koslin, poland, in 1822. Clausius statement of the second law of thermodynamics. Rudolf clausius german mathematician and physicist.
Historia da termodinamica wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. What is the real clausius statement of the second law of. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Clausius was appointed professor of physics at the artillery and engineering school at berlin in 1850. Rudolf clausius wikipedia an piemonteis, lenciclopedia. Rudolf clausius to tackle the problem of finding a mathe. His research opened the way for thermodynamics later chiefly. Rudolf julius emanuel clausius a lera nassu a koslin al di dancheuj koszalin, an polonia ai 2 ed gene del 1822 e a le mort a bonn ai 24 dagost del 1888. Numele este derivat din limba greaca therme caldura.
Koszalin, actual polonia, 1822bonn, 1888 fisico aleman. With its applications to the steamengine and to the physical properties of bodies rudolf clausius j. Rudolf julius emanuel clausius was a german physicist and mathematician and is considered. Clausius inequality and entropy with a little history thrown in. In his book, a new kind of science, stephen wolfram wrote, around 1850 rudolf clausius and william thomson lord kelvin stated that. Capitulo 2 conceitos e definicoes termodinamica prof. The foundations of statistical thermodynamics were set out by physicists such as james clerk maxwell, ludwig boltzmann, max planck, rudolf clausius and j.
The definitions of reversible processes given in introductory physics books are found to be vague and misleading. He received an excellent education, both at a small private school his father founded and gymnasium in stettin now szczecin, poland, from which he graduated in 1840, at age 18. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Rudolf clausius, german mathematical physicist who formulated the second law of thermodynamics and is credited with making thermodynamics a science.