Rudolf Clausius

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academic human mathematician physicist thermodynamicist university teacher

Rudolf Clausius was a 19th-century German physicist and mathematician who was a founding figure of thermodynamics, best known for formulating the second law and introducing the concept of entropy.

Aliases (2)

Clausius ×1
Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius ×1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic → human → mathematician → physicist → thermodynamicist → university teacher →
academicDegree	doctorate in physics →
awardReceived	Copley Medal → Order of Merit for Science and Art (Prussia) → Poncelet Prize →
birthDate	1822-01-02 →
birthName	Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius →
birthPlace	Kingdom of Prussia → Koszalin → Province of Pomerania →
coinedTerm	entropy →
countryOfCitizenship	Germany → Kingdom of Prussia →
deathDate	1888-08-24 →
deathPlace	Bonn → Kingdom of Prussia →
educatedAt	University of Berlin NERFINISHED → University of Halle NERFINISHED → University of Königsberg →
employer	ETH Zurich → Polytechnische Schule Zürich → Royal Artillery and Engineering School in Berlin → University of Bonn NERFINISHED → University of Würzburg NERFINISHED →
era	19th century →
ethnicGroup	German →
familyName	Clausius →
fieldOfWork	kinetic theory of gases → mathematics → physics → thermodynamics →
formulated	mathematical expression of the second law of thermodynamics →
givenName	Rudolf →
influenced	James Clerk Maxwell → Josiah Willard Gibbs → Ludwig Boltzmann →
languageOfWorkOrName	German →
memberOf	Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences → Royal Society →
name	Rudolf Clausius →
nativeLanguage	German →
notableFor	Clausius statement of the second law of thermodynamics → Clausius theorem → Clausius–Clapeyron relation → formulation of the second law of thermodynamics → foundational work in thermodynamics → introduction of the concept of entropy →
notableWork	On the Moving Force of Heat → The Mechanical Theory of Heat →
placeOfBurial	Bonn →
positionHeld	professor of physics → rector of the Polytechnic School in Zurich →
sexOrGender	male →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Rudolf Clausius ("Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius") →	birthName
Rudolf Clausius ("Clausius") →	familyName
Ludwig Boltzmann →	influencedBy
Rudolf Clausius →	name