Widening the scope of analytical mechanics : Duhem's third pathway to thermodynamics / Stefano Bordoni.
Pubblicazione:
Berlin : Max Planck Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, 2012.
Descrizione fisica:
109 p. ; 30 cm
Serie:
Preprint, 0948-9444 ; 428
Note:
In testa al front.: Max Planck Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte = Max Planck institute for the history of science
Contiene:
Indice: Foreword. 1. A historical framework for the emergence of thermodynamics 2. Some developments along the second pathway 3. Duhem's third pathway: from thermodynamic potential to general equations 4. The genreralised mechanics of a complex system 5. Towards a general theory of transformations. Concluding remarks. Bibliography
