Heat and thermodynamics
Subtitle: a historical perspective
By: Christopher J.T. Lewis
Series: Greenwood guides to great ideas in science; Greenwood guides to great ideas in science
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9780313040894
Subjects: Heat; Thermodynamics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-192) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2008. Available via the World Wide Web. Access is limited to subscribers of ebooks.greenwood.com.
Table of contents: title: Heat in the early modern period; title: The rise and fall of the caloric theory; title: The motive power of fire; title: The mechanical equivalent of heat; title: Energy and entropy: the birth of thermodynamics; title: The kind of motion we call heat: the development of the kinetic theory; title: Black bodies, free energy and absolute zero; title: Conclusion; title: Timeline; title: Glossary.