How Can Ice Work Like A Horse?
Sunday, February 7, 2010 - 10:14
in Physics & Chemistry
How Can Ice Work Like A Horse? In this short series of articles about coal, engines and energy I am trying to show something of the history behind our current knowledge of heat, energy and thermodynamics. As discoveries were made about the nature of heat, improvements were made in the efficiency of engines. Investigations into the theoretical maximum efficiency of any heat engine led ultimately to the discovery of the laws of thermodynamics. The laws of thermodynamics are of wide applicability to the understanding of how, through our profligate use of energy, we humans are having such a dramatic effect on our global environment. read more