On March 31, 1596, French philosopher, mathematician, and writer René Descartes was born. The Cartesian coordinate system is named after him, allowing reference to a point in space as a set of numbers, and allowing algebraic equations to be expressed as geometric shapes in a two-dimensional coordinate system. He is credited as the father of analytical geometry, the bridge between algebra and geometry, crucial to the discovery of infinitesimal calculus and analysis. Descartes was also one of the key figures in the Scientific Revolution and has been described as an example of genius. He has been dubbed the 'Father of Modern Philosophy'. His Meditations on First Philosophy continues to be a standard text at most university philosophy departments.
On May 24, 1686, Dutch-German-Polish physicist, engineer, and glass blower Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit was born. He is is best known for his invention of the mercury-in-glass thermometer in 1714, and for developing a temperature scale that is now named after him.
On October 2, 1608, German-Dutch lensmaker Hans Lippershey applied to the States-General of the Netherlands for a patent for his instrument "for seeing things far away as if they were nearby".
Written by Patrick Chan (NASA Summer Intern 2001 Duke University sophomore), ThermoBuild is an interactive tool which uses the NASA Glenn thermodynamic database to select species and to obtain:
Tables of thermodynamic properties for a user-supplied temperature schedule.
Data subsets for use in CEA, SUBEQ or any other computer program.
To generate a data subset, click here.
D. Dolce. chapter 4 in "Beyond Peaceful Coexistence The Emergence of Space, Time and Quantum", IMPERIAL COLLEGE PRESS (2016), (2017)cite arxiv:1707.00677Comment: Revised version of the published chapter 4 in "Beyond Peaceful Coexistence The Emergence of Space, Time and Quantum", IMPERIAL COLLEGE PRESS (2016).