Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire: And Other Papers on the Second Law of Thermodynamics (Dover Books on Physics)
by Sadi Carnot
Sadi Carnot's classic work on heat engines and the second law of thermodynamics, foundational to physics and engineering.
About This Book
This Dover edition presents Sadi Carnot's seminal work on the motive power of fire along with related papers on thermodynamics.
The text examines the efficiency of heat engines and introduces concepts central to the second law of thermodynamics.
Readers encounter foundational ideas that influenced the development of modern physics and engineering.
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