Laws of thermodynamics

hi! does anybody know how the first, second and third laws of thermodynamics were created, or discovered?
Thanks :D

Well, I do know something about it. I'll share my knowledge! hahaha.

The first law was noted by ancient philosophers but it's not identified yet. The one who first studied it and created a formula was Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. And thus, many scientists conducted research on it and it became known as the first law: Conservation of Energy

As for the second law, there has been a debate on who first discovered it. Is it Sadi Carnot, Rudolf Calusius or William Thompson? We don't know bout that.

3rd Law was developed by Walther Nernst and then an alternate version of it was developed by Gilbert N. Lewis and Merle Randall in 1923. With the development of statistical mechanics, the third law of thermodynamics changed from a fundamental law to a derived law and thus became the 3rd law we knew today!


I hope it helped xD


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I noticed the answers above are answering the question "what are the 3 laws of thermodynamics?
Guys, his/her question was HOW the 3 laws of thermodynamics were "CREATED", or "DISCOVERED"?


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@ Ashton: Well, you need to give the name of the discoverer to briefly explain the DISCOVERY of the laws of thermodynamics right? and as for the second law, it just stated that it was CREATED by those scientists. I know nothing more about it. I'm just sharing what I know about it hahaha.

We're not fighting lol. I'm just trying to clear the misunderstanding. Thanks for picking my answer, and sorry if I'm a bit rude there hahaha.

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he laws of thermodynamics form an axiomatic basis of thermodynamics. They define fundamental physical quantities, such as temperature, energy, and entropy, to describe thermodynamic systems and describe the transport and conversion of heat and work in thermodynamic processes.