LEADER 02856nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910784038803321 005 20230105013429.0 010 $a1-281-12113-4 010 $a9786611121136 010 $a981-277-069-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000334184 035 $a(EBL)312371 035 $a(OCoLC)476100029 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000148137 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11137592 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000148137 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10014888 035 $a(PQKB)11501495 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC312371 035 $a(WSP)00006261 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL312371 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10188761 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL112113 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000334184 100 $a20070320d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEntropy demystified$b[electronic resource] $ethe second law reduced to plain common sense /$fArieh Ben-Naim 210 $aHackensack, N.J. $cWorld Scientific$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (248 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a981-270-055-2 311 $a981-270-052-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-221). 327 $aPreface; 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 330 $aIn 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 606 $aEntropy 606 $aSecond law of thermodynamics 615 0$aEntropy. 615 0$aSecond law of thermodynamics. 676 $a536/.73 700 $aBen-Naim$b Arieh$f1934-$0471923 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784038803321 996 $aEntropy demystified$91752462 997 $aUNINA