Rudolf Clausius

1822–1888 · German mathematical physicist and professor

Topics: physics

• The entropy of the universe tends to a maximum.

  — Rudolf Clausius

• Theorem of the equivalence of Heat and Work. ...Mechanical work may be transformed into heat, and conversely heat into work, the magnitude of the of the one being always proportional to that of the other.

  — Rudolf Clausius

• Heat can never pass from a colder to a warmer body without some other change, connected therewith, occurring at the same time

  — Rudolf Clausius