Bases Quote by William John Macquorn Rankine

The laws of thermodynamics may be regarded as particular cases of more general laws, applicable to all such states of matter as constitute Energy…

— William John Macquorn Rankine

The laws of thermodynamics, as empirically determined, express the approximate and probable behavior of systems of a great number of particles, or, more precisely,…

— J. Willard Gibbs

Regarding the Laws of Thermodynamics: "(1) You can't win, (2) you can't break even, and (3) you can't get out of the game.

— Dennis Overbye

It is a remarkable fact that the second law of thermodynamics has played in the history of science a fundamental role far beyond its…

— Ilya Prigogine

The effects of heat are subject to constant laws which cannot be discovered without the aid of mathematical analysis. The object of the theory…

— Joseph Fourier

“Politics? Check out a book on thermodynamics. All the rules apply. What you're talking about is essentially energy, or the absence of energy. Because…

— Nickolas Butler

The laws expressing the relations between energy and matter are, however, not solely of importance in pure science. They necessarily come first in order…

— Frederick Soddy

The fundamental laws of the universe which correspond to the two fundamental theorems of the mechanical theory of heat. 1. The energy of the…

— Anonymous

“It will be noticed that the fundamental theorem proved above bears some remarkable resemblances to the second law of thermodynamics. Both are properties of…

— Ronald A. Fisher

“Much of the apparent uniformity of Nature is a uniformity of averages. Our gross senses only take cognizance of the average effect of vast…

— Arthur Stanley Eddington

We define thermodynamics...as the investigation of the dynamical and thermal properties of bodies, deduced entirely from the first and second law of thermodynamics, without…

— James Clerk Maxwell

If Thought is capable of beingclassed with Electricity, or Will with chemical affinity, asa mode of motion, it seems necessary to fall at once…

— Henry Brooks Adams