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Paperback Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire: And Other Papers on the Second Law of Thermodynamics Book

ISBN: 0486446417

ISBN13: 9780486446417

Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire: And Other Papers on the Second Law of Thermodynamics

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Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire," along with other papers in this volume, laid the foundation of modern thermodynamics. Highly readable, "Reflections" contains no arguments that depend on calculus, consisting mostly of statements couched in exact language. It represents a tribute to Carnot's capacity to generalize, and to see fundamental processes at work in complex mechanisms.
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