Heat and Gravitation: The Action Principle
Some features of hydro- and thermo-dynamics, as applied to atmospheres and to stellar structures, are puzzling: (1) the suggestion, first made by Laplace, that our atmosphere has an adiabatic temperature distribution, is confirmed for the lower layers, but the explanation for this is very controvers...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2014-03-01
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| Series: | Entropy |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/16/3/1515 |