Nicolas Sadi Carnot
1796-1832
French physicist whose discoveries created the study of thermodynamics. Carnot, in his short life, discovered the principles by which heat engines work. He was the first ...
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Carnot, Nicolas Léonard Sadi (1796–1832)
Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer, was born in Paris duri...
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The French physicist Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796-1832), with his analysis of the working of an ideal heat engine, opened the road to the science of thermodynamics.Sadi Carnot was born on ...
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Nicholas "Sadi" Carnot studied the process by which heat converts into other forms of energy. His unique mathematical theory pertaining to the conversion relationship between heat and work (energy) pr...
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Nicholas "Sadi" Carnot studied the process by which heat converts into other forms of energy. His unique mathematical theory pertaining to the conversion relationship between heat and work (energy) pr...
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Carnot was born into an influential family of soldiers and politicians. He was educated first by his father and later at a preparatory school. He entered the Ecole Polytechnique in 1812, and graduated...
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Nicolas Sadi Carnot
Carnot, Nicolas Léonard Sadi (1796-1832)
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