Sunday, June 2, 2019

Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot :: biography biographies bio

Nicolas Lonard Sadi CarnotJune 1, 1796 - August 24, 1832Nicolas Carnot was born on June 1, 1796 in Paris, France. He was the son of Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot. When Sadi was born his father was a member of the Directory, which was the cut Revolutionary government. Sadi was brought up in a rough evironment of clashing politics and sciences. His father retired from his position as napoleons minister in order to devote his term to educating his two sons. At the duration of 16 Sadi was sent to Lycee Charlemagne in Paris in order to prepare him for the testings to get into Ecole Polytechnique. At this young age of 16 he entered the Ecole Polytechnique, two categorys later at the age of 18 he graduated from there. After this he took a two year course in military engineering.Some years later Sadi went to visit his father since he was exiled after the defeat of Napoleon. During his visit of his father they spoke in great detail of a steam engine that had come through where his fath er lived. This filled Sadi with great excitement as he had plan to beget a possible action for steam engines. Once he returned to Paris he began immediatley working on the mathematical theory of heat. This lead to the start of the modern theory of what we know today as thermodynamics. Sadis first piece that he worked on was a mathematical expression for the work done by one kilogram of steam. This research done my Sadi was never published to the public. It wasnt until later that Sadi finally published something on his works.When his father died his brother, Hippolyte Carnot came to Paris in order to help his brother polish his book on steam engines that he was currently working on. Sadis book was finally published in 1824, and in his book was the theory of the Carnot CycleIn 1827 he was called sanction into the military to work as a military engineer which he did for less than one year. He quickly retired and moved back to Paris to continue his work on the theory of heat. In 183 2 Sadi Carnot became very sick with the cholera epidemic and he died one day after getting cholera, at the young age of only 36. Carnot is known as the father of thermodynamics. He was the first person to show the relationship between work and heat.

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