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Thermodynamics is the science of the relationship between heat, work, temperature,...

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Rudolf Clausius

Rudolf Clausius

Rudolf Clausius (1822-1888) formulated the second law of thermodynamics.

Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, 1896

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