Entropy demystified: the second law reduced to plain common sense
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1. Verfasser: Ben-Naim, Arieh (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Hackensack, N.J. World Scientific c2007
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-221)
In this unique book, Arieh Ben-Naim invites the reader to experience the joy of appreciating something which has eluded understanding for many years ? entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics. The book has a two-pronged message: first, that the Second Law is not ?infinitely incomprehensible? as commonly stated in textbooks of thermodynamics but can, in fact, be comprehended through sheer common sense; and second, that entropy is not a mysterious quantity that has ?resisted understanding? but a simple, familiar and easily comprehensible concept. Written in an accessible style, the book guid
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