Rudolf Clausius (1822 to 1888) was a German mathematical physicist who formulated the second law of thermodynamics and gave the science of thermodynamics its name. He restated Sadi Carnot's principle on heat engine efficiency on a sounder physical footing, and in 1865 introduced the term entropy for the quantity of thermal energy in a system that is unavailable for work.
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P27 (country of citizenship): Kingdom of Prussia
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P20 (place of death): Bonn, Germany
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P19 (place of birth): Koszalin, Poland
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P800 (notable work): Clausius theorem
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P800 (notable work): Clausius-Clapeyron relation
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P800 (notable work): Clausius-Mossotti relation
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P800 (notable work): Clausius-Duhem inequality
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P800 (notable work): Clausius's postulate
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P800 (notable work): heat death paradox
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