classic thermodynamics
1thermodynamics — thermodynamicist, n. /therr moh duy nam iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties …
2History of thermodynamics — The history of thermodynamics is a fundamental strand in the history of physics, the history of chemistry, and the history of science in general. Owing to the relevance of thermodynamics in much of science and technology, its history is finely… …
3equilibrium thermodynamics — the classic form of thermodynamics, that dealing with the application of the laws of thermodynamics to macroscopic systems in equilibrium states, or undergoing transformations between two equilibrium states …
4Peter Mazur — Infobox Scientist name = Peter Mazur |250px image width = 250px caption = Mazur lecturing on non equilibrium thermodynamics in Trondheim, 1967 birth date = December 11, 1922 birth place = Vienna, Austria death date = death date and… …
5Centrifugal compressor — Centrifugal compressors, sometimes termed radial compressors, are a sub class of dynamic axisymmetric work absorbing turbomachinery.[1] Centrifugal impeller with a highly polished surface likely to improve performance …
6Joseph Henry Keenan — Infobox Scientist name = Joseph Henry Keenan box width = image width = caption = birth date = August 24 1900 birth place = Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania death date = July 17 1977 death place = residence = Belmont, Massachusetts citizenship = USA… …
7Thermodynamic temperature — is the absolute measure of temperature and is one of the principal parameters of thermodynamics. Thermodynamic temperature is an “absolute” scale because it is the measure of the fundamental property underlying temperature: its null or zero point …
8Entropy — This article is about entropy in thermodynamics. For entropy in information theory, see Entropy (information theory). For a comparison of entropy in information theory with entropy in thermodynamics, see Entropy in thermodynamics and information… …
9Lewis, Gilbert N. — ▪ American chemist Introduction in full Gilbert Newton Lewis born Oct. 23, 1875, Weymouth, Mass., U.S. died March 23, 1946, Berkeley, Calif. American physical chemist best known for his contributions to chemical thermodynamics, the… …
10nature, philosophy of — Introduction the discipline that investigates substantive issues regarding the actual features of nature as a reality. The discussion here is divided into two parts: the philosophy of physics and the philosophy of biology. In this… …
