'''Rudolf Clausius''' (1822–1888) was a German [[physicist]] and [[mathematician]] who discovered [[entropy]] in 1865 and named it. His paper in 1850 in [[thermodynamics]] was the first statement of the concept of the [[second law of thermodynamics]]. He also restated the [[Carnot cycle]] in a more rigorous manner. | '''Rudolf Clausius''' (1822–1888) was a German [[physicist]] and [[mathematician]] who discovered [[entropy]] in 1865 and named it. His paper in 1850 in [[thermodynamics]] was the first statement of the concept of the [[second law of thermodynamics]]. He also restated the [[Carnot cycle]] in a more rigorous manner. |