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Ben-Naim Arieh <1934-> |
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Entropy demystified [[electronic resource] ] : the second law reduced to plain common sense / / Arieh Ben-Naim |
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Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-12113-4 |
9786611121136 |
981-277-069-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (248 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Entropy |
Second law of thermodynamics |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-221). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface; Contents; 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; References and Suggested Reading |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this unique book, Arieh 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 incomprehensible" as commonly stated in textbooks of 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 guid |
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