Gibbs-Helmholtz
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Why ask why?
Stephen Hawking: “I am just a child who has never grown up. I still keep asking these ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions. Occasionally, I find an answer.” At what point does one stop asking “why?” For children, it is usually when exasperated parents, after hearing multiple successive why’s, say “stop” or “look it up” or “go… Continue reading
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Deciphering the physical meaning of Gibbs’s maximum work equation
I am very pleased that Foundations of Chemistry supported publication of my paper (link below followed by abstract) that concluded with a question rather than a conclusion! As I am in search of the answer, please let me know if you know someone, likely a physical chemist, who has it. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10698-024-09503-3 Abstract J. Willard Gibbs… Continue reading
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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