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Nicolas Lonard Sadi CarnotJune 1, 1796 - August 24, 1832Nicolas Carnot was born on June 1, 1796 in Paris, France. He was the son of Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot. When Sadi was born his father was a fraction of the Directory, which was the French Revolutionary government. Sadi was brought up in a rough evironment of collision politics and sciences. His father retired from his position as napoleons minister in prescribe to devote his time to educating his two sons. At the age of 16 Sadi was displace to Lycee Charlemagne in Paris in order to prepare him for the testings to stimulate into Ecole Polytechnique. At this teenage age of 16 he entered the Ecole Polytechnique, two age later at the age of 18 he graduated from there. by and byward this he took a two year course in array engineering.Some years later Sadi went to visit his father since he was exiled after the defeat of Napoleon. During his visit of his father they spoke in great point in time of a steam engine that ha d come through where his father lived. This modify Sadi with great excitement as he had plan to develop a hypothesis for steam engines. Once he returned to Paris he began immediatley blending on the mathematical theory of heat. This lead to the start of the modern theory of what we know today as thermodynamics. Sadis initiatory piece that he work ated on was a mathematical expression for the work d wholeness by unmatchable kilogram of steam. This research done my Sadi was never published to the public. It wasnt until later that Sadi lastly published something on his works.When his father died his brother, Hippolyte Carnot came to Paris in order to cooperate his brother finish his give on steam engines that he was shortly working on. Sadis book was finally published in 1824, and in his book was the theory of the Carnot CycleIn 1827 he was called back into the military to work as a military engineer which he did for less than one year. He quickly retired and moved back to Par is to continue his work on the theory of heat. In 1832 Sadi Carnot became very sick with the cholera pestilent and he died one day after getting cholera, at the young age of only 36. Carnot is known as the father of thermodynamics. He was the first person to show the relationship between work and heat.