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Heat in the early modern period
The rise and fall of the caloric theory
The motive power of fire
The mechanical equivalent of heat
Energy and entropy: the birth of thermodynamics
The kind of motion we call heat: the development of the kinetic theory
Black bodies, free energy and absolute zero
Conclusion
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Glossary.
The rise and fall of the caloric theory
The motive power of fire
The mechanical equivalent of heat
Energy and entropy: the birth of thermodynamics
The kind of motion we call heat: the development of the kinetic theory
Black bodies, free energy and absolute zero
Conclusion
Timeline
Glossary.