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It may seem strange that the entropy - which is one of the most subtle concepts of theoretical physics, or natural philosophy - first emerged in the context of an engineering proposition. Namely the question of how to improve the efficiency of heat engines. We shall see how that came about.
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Müller, I. (2007). Entropy. In: A History of Thermodynamics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-46227-9_3
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