Heat and thermodynamics : a historical perspective / Christopher J.T. Lewis.

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007.

xxi, 199 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-192) and index.

Heat in the early modern era -- The rise and fall of the caloric theory -- The motive power of fire: Sadi Carnot and the origins of thermodynamics -- The mechanical equivalent of heat -- Energy and entropy: the birth of thermodynamics -- The kind of motion we call heat: the development of the kinetic theory of gases -- Black bodies, free energy and absolute zero -- Conclusion -- Timeline -- Glossary.