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Entropy demystified : the second law reduced to plain common sense /
In this unique book, Arich 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 inco...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hackensack, N.J. :
World Scientific,
©2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction, and a short history of the second law of thermodynamics
- 2. A brief introduction to probability theory, information theory, and all the rest
- 3. First let us play with real dice
- 4. Let's play with simplified dice and have a preliminary grasp of the second law
- 5. Experience the second law with all your five senses
- 6. Finally, grasp it with your common sense
- 7. Translating from the dice-world to the real world
- 8. Reflections on the status of the second law of thermodynamics as a law of physics.