In the history of science, founders of thermodynamics, include: Sadi Carnot, Émile Clapeyron, Robert Mayer, James Joule, Hermann von Helmholz, William Thomson, Rudolf Clausius, Peter Tait, James Maxwell, Willard Gibbs, Ludwig von Boltzmann, Max Planck, among others to follow in the 20th century, such as Albert Einstein, Gilbert Lewis, Edward Guggenheim, etc. The founders are listed by subdivision below (a work in progress):

Classical thermodynamics

See main: thermodynamics

1. Sadi Carnot
2. Émile Clapeyron
3. Robert Mayer
4. James Joule
5. Rudolf Clausius
6. William Thomson
7. Peter Tait

Statistical thermodynamics

See main: statistical thermodynamics

1. James Maxwell
2. Ludwig von Boltzmann

Chemical thermodynamics

See main: chemical thermodynamics

1. Hermann von Helmholz
2. Willard Gibbs
3. Gilbert Lewis
4. Edward Guggenheim

Quantum thermodynamics

1. Max Planck

Biological thermodynamics

1. Albert Lehninger
2. Harold Morowitz
3. Donald Hayne

Human thermodynamics

See main: human thermodynamics pioneers

1. Sigmund Freud
2. Brooks Adams
3. Henry Adams
4. Charles Galton Darwin
5. Illya Prigogine
6. Georgi Gladyshev
7. Libb Thims

External links

• Thermodynamicists (Category) - Wikipedia