Mathematician:Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot

Mathematician
French military scientist and physicist, often described as the "father of thermodynamics".

Published the first successful theory of the maximum efficiency of heat engines.

Died young, in a cholera epidemic, and most of his possessions were buried with him.

Hence little remains of his intellectual legacy.

Nationality
French

History

 * Born: 1 June 1796 in Paris, France
 * Died: 24 August 1832 in Paris, France

Theorems and Definitions

 * Carnot Cycle
 * Carnot's Theorem

Publications

 * 1824: Réflexions sur la puissance motrice du feu et sur les machines propres à développer cette puissance
 * 1890: Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire (translation of Réflexions sur la puissance motrice du feu et sur les machines propres à développer cette puissance)

Also known as
Usually known by his third name: Sadi Carnot.