The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics, 18221854 by C. Truesdell (English) P

Description: The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics, 18221854 by C. Truesdell FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Table of Contents 1. The Producers Apology to the Spectators.- Notation.- Symbols Frequently Used.- 2. The Common Inheritance.- 2A The Thermal Equation of State.- 2B The Theory of Sound in Aeriform Fluids.- 2C The Doctrine of Latent and Specific Heats.- 3. Prologue: Laplace, Biot, and Poisson.- 3A Biot, and Poissons First Attempt.- 3B Critique of Biots Theory.- 3C Laplaces Theory of Sound and Heat.- 3D Poissons Second Treatment.- 3E Meikles Claim.- 3F Critique of Laplaces and Poissons Theories. Correction of Meikles Claim.- 4. Act I. Workless Dissipation: Fourier.- 4A Fouriers Predecessor: Biot.- 4B Fouriers Program.- 4C Fouriers Premisses Regarding Specific Heat and Temperature.- 4D Critique of Fouriers Premisses.- 4E Fouriers Concept of the Flux of Heat, and his General Differential Equation and Boundary Condition.- 4F Critique of Fouriers Concepts and Methods.- 4G Fouriers Theory of the Conduction of Heat in Fluids.- 4H Critique of Fouriers Theory of the Conduction of Heat in Fluids.- 4I Fouriers Bequest.- 5. Act II. Dissipationless Work: Carnot.- 5A The General Quality of Carnots Treatise.- 5B Standard Concepts and Assumptions Used by Carnot.- 5C The Carnot Cycle.- 5D Carnots Claim that Carnot Cycles Attain Maximum Efficiency.- 5E Formal Statement and Critique of Carnots Claim of Maximum Efficiency.- 5F Carnots Claim that the Efficiency of Carnot Cycles is Universal.- 5G Formal Statement and Elucidation of Carnots Claim of Universal Efficiency.- 5H Critique of Carnots Argument to Support Universal Efficiency.- 5I Carnots General and Special Axioms.- 5J Critique of Carnots General and Special Axioms. Scholia I-III. "Carnots function".- 5K Carnots Treatment of his Cycle.- 5L Critique of CarnotsTreatment of his Cycle. Scholion IV.- 5M Critique: Interconvertibility of Heat and Work as Implied by Carnots Theory. Proof that Carnots Cycles are Indeed the Most Efficient.- 5N Critique: Dimensional Invariance of Carnots Theory.- 5O Carnots Numerical Evaluation of the Motive Power of Heat.- 5P Critique of Carnots Numerical Evaluation of the Motive Power of Heat.- 5Q Carnots Theory of Specific Heats.- 5R Critique of Carnots Theory of Specific Heats.- 5S Carnots Attempts to Determine his Function F.- 5T Critique: Carnots Dilemma.- 5U Carnots Bequest.- 6. Distracting Interlude: Clapeyron and Duhamel.- 6A Confusion by Awkward Variables: Clapeyron.- 6B Confusion by Linearizing Everything: Duhamel.- 7. Act III. Equivalence, Conservation, Interconvertibility: When and of What?.- 7A Critique: What Did Janus See in 1842?.- 7B Mayers Assertion.- 7C Preliminary Critique of Mayers Assertion.- 7D Holtzmanns Assertion.- 7E Preliminary Critique of Holtzmanns Assertion.- 7F Helmholtzs Weakest Work.- 7G Joules Summary of his Early Experiments.- 7H The Bittersweet Indian Summer of the Caloric Theory: Kelvins First Paper.- 7I General Critique: Interconvertibility in 1849.- 8. Act IV. Internal Energy: The First Paper of Clausius. Entropy: The First Paper of Rankine.- 8A Clausius Physical Concepts and Assumptions.- 8B Logical Content of Clausius First Paper.- 8C Critique: The Achievement of Clausius First Paper.- 8D Critique of Clausius Reasoning.- 8E Clausius Comparisons with Experimental Data.- 8F Critique: Clausius Bequest.- 8G Rankines First Paper.- 8H Critique of Rankines First Paper.- 9. Distracting Interlude: Explosion of Print.- 9A Rankines Second Paper.- 9B A Late Re-entrance, Stumbling: KelvinsSecond Paper.- 9C A Voice Crying in the Wilderness: Reechs Return to First Principles.- 9D Kelvins Analysis of the Joule-Thomson Effect and Subsidiary Details.- Appendix by C.-S. Man: The Joule-Thomson Experiment.- 9E Rankines Further Effusions.- 9F Kelvins Analysis of the "Anomalous" Behavior of Water.- 9G General Critique: The Disastrous Effects of Experiment upon the Development of Thermodynamics, 1812–1853.- 10. Schismatic Act V. Antiplot in a Dark and Empty Theatre: Reechs Discovery of a Too General Theory, and his Failure to Reduce It.- 10A Reech Discovers the Pro-entropy.- 10B Reech Generalizes the Internal Energy.- 10C Reech Introduces and Analyses the Thermodynamic Potentials.- 10D Reechs General Theory of Specific Heats.- 10E Critique: the Fatal Failure of Reechs Analysis.- Appendix: The Later Work of Reech.- Postscript on maximum efficiency.- 11. Orthodox Act V. Clausius Second Paper: Absolute Temperatures, Irreversibility, and Oracling.- 11A Kelvins Remarks on Dissipation.- 11B Kelvins Absolute Temperatures.- 11C ClausiusTwo "Laws" of Thermodynamics.- 11D Clausius Equivalence-Value of a Transformation.- 11E Clausius Application to the Doctrine of Latent and Specific Heats.- 11F ClausiusRemarks on Irreversible Processes.- 11G Clausius Determination of His Universal Function T.- 11H Critique: Empirical and Absolute Temperatures.- 11I Critique: Clausius"Laws" of Thermodynamics.- 11J Critique: Irreversible Processes.- Epilogue: Götterdämmerung.- Sources.- Index of Persons Mentioned.- Index of Matters Treated. Promotional Springer Book Archives Details ISBN1461394465 Author C. Truesdell Short Title TRAGICOMICAL HIST OF THERMODYN Pages 372 Series Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences Language English ISBN-10 1461394465 ISBN-13 9781461394464 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 536.709 Series Number 4 Birth 1919 Death 2000 Year 2011 Publication Date 2011-12-13 Imprint Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Place of Publication New York, NY Country of Publication United States Illustrations 372 p. DOI 10.1007/978-1-4613-9444-0 AU Release Date 2011-12-13 NZ Release Date 2011-12-13 US Release Date 2011-12-13 UK Release Date 2011-12-13 Publisher Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Edition Description Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1980 Alternative 9780387904030 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:96385015;

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