In thermodynamics, Donald Stephen Lowell Cardwell (1919-1998) was an English historian of science noted for his well-referenced 1971 thermodynamics history history book From Watt to Clausius: the Rise of Thermodynamics in the Early Industrial Age. [1] He also wrote the 1963 book Steam Power in the Eighteenth Century: a Case Study in the Application of Science and the 1989 James Joule: a Biography, among other books. [2]

Education
Cardwell completed a degree in physics from King’s College, London, in 1939. After serving in the Second World War, he took history of science courses at the University College London and sociology seminars at the London school of Economics. In 1964 he joined the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. [3]

References
1. Cardwell, Donald S.L. (1971). From Watt to Clausius: the Rise of Thermodynamics in the Early Industrial Age. Cornell University Press.
(b) 5 editions published between 1971 and 1989 in English and held by 735 libraries worldwide.
2. (a) Cardwell, Donald S.L. (1989). James Joule: a Biography. Manchester University Press.
(b) Cardwell, Donald S.L. (1963). Steam Power in the Eighteenth Century: a Case Study in the Application of Science. Sheed and Ward.
(b) Cardwell, D. S. L. (Donald Stephen Lowell) – WorldCat Identities.
3. Pickstone, John. (1998). “Obituary: Professor Donald Cardwell” (abstract). The Independent.

External links
● Cardwell, Donald Stephen Lowell 1919-1998 – WorldCat Identies.