02890nam 2200601 a 450 991045070700332120200520144314.01-281-12113-49786611121136981-277-069-0(CKB)1000000000334184(EBL)312371(OCoLC)476100029(SSID)ssj0000148137(PQKBManifestationID)11137592(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000148137(PQKBWorkID)10014888(PQKB)11501495(MiAaPQ)EBC312371(WSP)00006261(Au-PeEL)EBL312371(CaPaEBR)ebr10188761(CaONFJC)MIL112113(EXLCZ)99100000000033418420070320d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEntropy demystified[electronic resource] the second law reduced to plain common sense /Arieh Ben-NaimHackensack, N.J. World Scientificc20071 online resource (248 p.)Description based upon print version of record.981-270-055-2 981-270-052-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-221).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 ReadingIn 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 guidEntropySecond law of thermodynamicsElectronic books.Entropy.Second law of thermodynamics.536/.73Ben-Naim Arieh1934-471923MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450707003321Entropy demystified1752462UNINA