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  2. History of thermodynamics - Wikipedia

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    The history of thermodynamics is a fundamental strand in the history of physics, the history of chemistry, and the history of science in general. Due to the relevance of thermodynamics in much of science and technology, its history is finely woven with the developments of classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, magnetism, and chemical kinetics, to more distant applied fields such as ...

  3. Timeline of thermodynamics - Wikipedia

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    1874 – Thomson formally states the second law of thermodynamics; 1876 – Josiah Willard Gibbs publishes the first of two papers (the second appears in 1878) which discuss phase equilibria, statistical ensembles, the free energy as the driving force behind chemical reactions, and chemical thermodynamics in general. [citation needed]

  4. Thermodynamics - Wikipedia

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    Download QR code; Print/export ... Thermodynamics is a branch of ... 's 1909 work Investigations on the Foundations of Thermodynamics, which made use of Pfaffian ...

  5. Laws of thermodynamics - Wikipedia

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    The laws of thermodynamics are the result of progress made in this field over the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The first established thermodynamic principle, which eventually became the second law of thermodynamics, was formulated by Sadi Carnot in 1824 in his book Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire.

  6. Timeline of scientific discoveries - Wikipedia

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    1838: Matthias Schleiden: all plants are made of cells. 1838: Friedrich Bessel: first successful measure of stellar parallax (to star 61 Cygni). 1842: Christian Doppler: Doppler effect. 1843: James Prescott Joule: Law of Conservation of energy (First law of thermodynamics), also 1847 – Helmholtz, Conservation of energy.

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  8. Josiah Willard Gibbs - Wikipedia

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    Josiah Willard Gibbs (/ ɡ ɪ b z /; [2] February 11, 1839 – April 28, 1903) was an American scientist who made significant theoretical contributions to physics, chemistry, and mathematics. His work on the applications of thermodynamics was instrumental in transforming physical chemistry into a rigorous deductive science.

  9. List of people considered father or mother of a scientific field

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    Chemical thermodynamics (modern) Gilbert Lewis (1875–1946) Willard Gibbs (1839–1903) Merle Randall (1888–1950) Edward Guggenheim (1901–1970) [65] Thermodynamics and the Free Energy of Chemical Substances (1923) and Modern Thermodynamics by the Methods of Willard Gibbs (1933), which made a major contribution to the use of thermodynamics ...