The Tragicomical History Of Thermodynamics, 1822–1854 (studies In The History Of Mathematics And Physical Sciences)

Front Matter....Pages I-XII The Producer’s Apology to the Spectators....Pages 3-8 The Common Inheritance....Pages 9-27 Prologue: L aplace , B iot , and P oisson ....Pages 29-46 Act I. Workless Dissipation: F ourier ....Pages 47-78 Act II. Dissipationless Work: C arnot ....Pages 79-137 Distracting Interlude: C lapeyron and D uhamel ....Pages 139-147 Act III. Equivalence, Conservation, Interconvertibility: When and of What?....Pages 149-185 Act IV. Internal Energy: the First Paper of C lausius . Entropy: the First Paper of R ankine ....Pages 187-218 Distracting Interlude: Explosion of Print....Pages 219-276 Schismatic Act V. Antiplot in a Dark and Empty Theatre: R eech ’s Discovery and Burial of a Too General Theory, and His Failure to Reduce It....Pages 277-303 Orthodox Act V. K elvin ’s Absolute Temperatures. C lausius ’ Second Paper: Irreversibility and Oracling....Pages 305-335 Epilogue: Götterdämmerung....Pages 337-339 Back Matter....Pages 341-372