Seeking to explain thermodynamics based on moving and interacting atoms

My Top 10 Posts

I started this thermodynamics website back in 2020 right after the launch of my book, Block by Block: The Historical and Theoretical Foundations of Thermodynamics. Since then I’ve published over 100 posts. Here are the Top 10 most viewed.

  1. The Road to Entropy – Sadi Carnot’s use of analogy to create his “flawed” masterpiece

2. How did Galileo measure time?

3. The Machinery Underneath (my 2nd book; work in progress)

4. How to conduct powerful science? Check your ego at the door.

5. How It Happened: The Geological Tale of Upstate New York (dedicated to Pat Bickford)

6. Riddle me this: why does dS = 0 for reversible, adiabatic expansion?

7. Joule-Thomson Effect (Part 2) – my hypothesis

8. Count Rumford – The Most Interesting Man in the World

9. Pauli exclusion is not a repulsive force, and yet…

10. What caused the expanding universe to cool? (It may not be what you think)

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Block by Block – The Historical and Theoretical Foundations of Thermodynamics. “Hanlon has written a masterpiece.” – Mike Pauken, Senior Engineer, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and author of Thermodynamics for Dummies

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About Me

Hi! I’m Bob Hanlon. After earning my Sc.D. in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and enjoying a long career in both industry and academia, I’ve returned to school, my own self-guided school, seeking to better understand the world of thermodynamics. Please join me on my journey.

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