Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot
Sadi Carnot
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot in 1813 at age of 17 in the traditional uniform of a student of the École Polytechnique
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a French mechanical engineer in the French Army, military scientist and physicist, and often described as the "father of thermodynamics."
Born
1 June 1796 Palais du Petit-Luxembourg, Paris, France
Died
24 August 1832 (aged 36) Paris, France
Nationality
France
Known for
Carnot cycle Carnot efficiency Carnot theorem Carnot heat engine
Fields
Physicist
Alma mater
École Polytechnique École Royale du Génie University of Paris Collège de France
Institutions
French Army
Academic advisors
Siméon Denis Poisson André-Marie Ampère François Arago
adultbasic
France
era
1800+
Influenced
Émile Clapeyron Rudolf Clausius Lord Kelvin