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Entropy in the teaching of introductory thermodynamics

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1987

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An elementary physics course on thermodynamics is presented. It uses entropy and temperature as fundamental, undefined objects. Suggestions on how to do this can be traced back to H. L. Callendar [Proc. Phys. Soc. (London) 23, 153 (1911)].