Events Tagged: "thermodynamics"

Sadi Carnot develops mathematical thermodynamics - theoretical limits of heat engines

Rudolf Clausius formulates second law of thermodynamics at University of Berlin

Planck receives doctorate from Munich - dissertation on second law of thermodynamics, age 21

Josiah Willard Gibbs develops mathematical thermodynamics and statistical mechanics

Planck appointed associate professor at Kiel - begins work on thermodynamics and entropy

Landauer's principle proven - only irreversible operations require energy, reversible computation theoretically needs zero