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Which scientist codified the first two laws of thermodynamics and deduced that absolute zero equals −273.15°C, later honoured by having the Kelvin temperature scale named for him?

1. Which scientist codified the first two laws of thermodynamics and deduced that absolute zero equals −273.15°C, later honoured by having the Kelvin temperature scale named for him?

 

William Thomson, later ennobled as Lord Kelvin, helped establish early thermodynamics and calculated absolute zero, which is why the absolute temperature scale bears his name.

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