MECHANICAL FORMULATION OF HELMHOLTZ'S THERMODYNAMICS

In the nineteenth century, the mechanistic idea of natural phenomena had been consolidated to the point of believing that it was possible to explain all the physical from the mechanical theory. In this paper we show how thermodynamics is influenced by this prejudice, beginning with the fundamental h...

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Main Authors: Brenda P. Rodríguez, Henry Nuñez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2013-01-01
Series:Momento
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Online Access:https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/momento/article/view/41556