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Energy, entropy, and the flow of nature /
A fresh and unified exploration of the laws that govern natural change, examining the historical roots and meaning of the concepts of energy and entropy. All natural processes--mechanical, thermal, chemical, electrical, and biological--are viewed as a flow across free energy gradients that interact...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2018]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Origins of the idea of energy and its conservation
- Measurement, dimensions, and energy
- The laws of energy
- Thermal energy, temperature, and entropy
- Energy and entropy in heat engines and heat pumps
- The spreading tendency of nature: brownian motion and diffusion
- Chemical energy
- Biological energy.