The basic features of thermodynamics

More than 100 years ago a Swedish schoolteacher Nils Engelbrektsson could theoretically derive the thermodynamic equation of state, which is universally valid. His colleague, a Swedish schoolteacher Karl Franzen had experimentally verified his inferences and could prove their validity. About hundred years of fierce struggle to persuade the colleagues do finally bring the desiderated victory to Nils and Karl: their trains of thoughts do deserve our careful looking at them. That is just the main idea behind the translation at hand [1. E. B. Starikov (2019) A Different Thermodynamics and Its True Heroes, Jenny Stanford Publishing, Singapore; 2. Entropy-Enthalpy Compensation: Finding a Methodological Common Denominator through Probability, Statistics, Physics, E. B. Starikov, Bengt Norden, Shigenori Tanaka, Editors; Jenny Stanford Publishing, Singapore, 2020]. Graphic abstract

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This passage discusses how a Swedish schoolteacher, Nils Engelbrektsson, was able to theoretically derive a universally valid thermodynamic equation of state over 100 years ago. His colleague, Karl Franzen, experimentally verified his inferences, leading to a victorious outcome after a century-long struggle. Their trains of thoughts deserve careful consideration and analysis.