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Discovery of Entropy

Germany · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1865Date range
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Chronological records

1865

Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius1865

Science / Physics

Introduces the concept of entropy

Names involved

Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius

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