Cargando…
Three laws of nature : a little book on thermodynamics /
A short and entertaining introduction to thermodynamics that uses real-world examples to explain accessibly an important but subtle scientific theory A romantic description of the second law of thermodynamics is that the universe becomes increasingly disordered. But what does that actually mean? Sta...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2019]
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- What is thermodynamics? : the First Law
- Why we can't go back in time : the Second and Third Laws
- How did classical thermodynamics come to exist?
- How do we use (and might we use) thermodynamics?
- How has thermodynamics evolved?
- How can we go beyond the traditional scope of thermodynamics?
- What can thermodynamics teach us about science more generally?