Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius was a German physicist and mathematician and is considered one of the central founding fathers of the science of thermodynamics.
12 Facts About Rudolf Clausius
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Rudolf Clausius's father was a Protestant pastor and school inspector, and Rudolf studied in the school of his father.
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Rudolf Clausius graduated from the University of Berlin in 1844 where he had studied mathematics and physics since 1840 with, among others, Gustav Magnus, Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet and Jakob Steiner.
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In 1870 Rudolf Clausius organized an ambulance corps in the Franco-Prussian War.
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Rudolf Clausius was wounded in battle, leaving him with a lasting disability.
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Rudolf Clausius was awarded the Iron Cross for his services.
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Later, Lord Rayleigh would show that it was in fact due to the scattering of light, but regardless, Rudolf Clausius used a far more mathematical approach than some have used.
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Rudolf Clausius restated the two laws of thermodynamics to overcome this contradiction.
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In 1865, Rudolf Clausius gave the first mathematical version of the concept of entropy, and gave it its name.
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Rudolf Clausius chose the word because the meaning is "content transformative" or "transformation content".
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Rudolf Clausius used the now abandoned unit 'Clausius' for entropy.
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Rudolf Clausius explained his choice of "entropy" as a name as follows:.