Heat and Gravitation: The Action Principle
Some features of hydro- and thermo-dynamics, as applied to atmospheres and to stellar structures, are puzzling: (1) the suggestion, first made by Laplace, that our atmosphere has an adiabatic temperature distribution, is confirmed for the lower layers, but the explanation for this is very controvers...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
MDPI AG
2014-03-01
|
Series: | Entropy |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/16/3/1515 |