Commentary on the principles of thermodynamics
By: by Pierre Duhem ; edited and translated, with an introduction, by Paul Needham
Contributors: Needham, Paul, 1948-
Series: Boston studies in the philosophy of science -- v. 277; Boston studies in the philosophy of science -- v. 277.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Dordrecht; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9789400703100; 9789400703117
Subjects: Thermodynamics
Description: Translations of Duhem's early work developing the foundations of termodynamics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Study of the thermodynamic works of J. Willard Gibbs (1887); title: pt. 2. Commentary on the principles of thermodynamics : the principle of the conservation of energy (1892); title: pt. 3. Commentary on the principles of thermodynamics : the principle of Sadi Carnot and R. Clausius (1893); title: pt. 4. Commentary on the principles of thermodynamics : the general equations of thermodynamics (1894).