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: Singapore World Scientific c2008
Ausgabe:Expanded ed
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
In this unique book, the reader is invited 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 most textbooks on 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 guides the read
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xxix, 223 p.)
ISBN:9789812832269
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