Anxiety and the Equation : Understanding Boltzmann's Entropy /
"This is a story about a man and his equation. We learn in this story that entropy is the central quantity in something called the second law of thermodynamics. The second law is always on, running in the background of our lives, providing us with a way to differentiate between past and future....
| Auteur principal: | Johnson, Eric (Associate professor of chemistry) (Auteur) |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
The MIT Press,
[2018]
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| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
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