thermodynamics
branch of physics concerned with heat, work, temperature, and thermal or internal energy
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Summary
thermodynamics is a branch of physics[1]. thermodynamics ranks in the top 6% of branch of physics entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,240 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: academic discipline[3]
- Subclass of: physical science[4]
- Part of: physics[5]
- Commons category: Thermodynamics[6]
- Topic's main category: Category:Thermodynamics[7]
- Commons gallery: Thermodynamics[8]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[9], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11]
- Topic has template: Template:Thermodynamics sidebar[12]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/thermodynamics[13]
- Hashtag: Thermodynamics[14]
- Is the study of: heat[15], temperature[16], work[17], energy[18], thermodynamic system[19], thermodynamic process[20], intensive or extensive property[21], thermodynamic state[22], pressure[23], entropy[24], thermodynamic equilibrium[25], law of thermodynamics[26], thermodynamic potential[27]
- Union of: list of values as qualifiers[28]
- Practiced by: thermodynamicist[29]
- Significant person: Nicolas Carnot[30], James Prescott Joule[31], Walther Nernst[32]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[33], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[34]
Why It Matters
thermodynamics has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] thermodynamics is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]