Definition that contains law of thermodynamics
- joule English physicist who established the mechanical theory of heat and discovered the first law of thermodynamics (1818-1889)
- james prescott joule English physicist who established the mechanical theory of heat and discovered the first law of thermodynamics (1818-1889)
- maxwell's demon an imaginary creature that controls a small hole in a partition that divides a chamber filled with gas into two parts and allows fast molecules to move in one direction and slow molecules to move in the other direction through the hole; this would result in one part of the container becoming warmer and the other cooler, thus decreasing entropy and violating the second law of thermodynamics
- walther hermann nernst German physicist and chemist who formulated the third law of thermodynamics (1864-1941)
- nernst German physicist and chemist who formulated the third law of thermodynamics (1864-1941)