LEADER 02795nam 22004335 450 001 9910793596003321 005 20220405012747.0 010 $a9780300244908 (electronic book) 010 $a0-300-24490-8 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300244908 035 $a(CKB)4100000007745101 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5721843 035 $a(DE-B1597)540349 035 $a(OCoLC)1089126149 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300244908 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007745101 100 $a20200406h20192019 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aThree laws of nature $ea little book on thermodynamics /$fR. Stephen Berry 210 1$aNew Haven, CT :$cYale University Press,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (184 pages) 311 0 $a0-300-23878-9 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tOne. What Is Thermodynamics? The First Law --$tTwo .Why We Can't Go Back in Time The Second and Third Laws --$tThree. How Did Classical Thermodynamics Come to Exist? --$tFour. How Do We Use (and Might We Use) Thermodynamics? --$tFive. How Has Thermodynamics Evolved? --$tSix. How Can We Go Beyond the Traditional Scope of Thermodynamics? --$tSeven. What Can Thermodynamics Teach Us About Science More Generally? --$tIndex 330 $aA short and entertaining introduction to thermodynamics that uses real-world examples to explain accessibly an important but subtle scientific theory A romantic description of the second law of thermodynamics is that the universe becomes increasingly disordered. But what does that actually mean? Starting with an overview of the three laws of thermodynamics, MacArthur "genius grant"; winner R. Stephen Berry explains in this short book the fundamentals of a fundamental science. Readers learn both the history of thermodynamics, which began with attempts to solve everyday engineering problems, and ongoing controversy and unsolved puzzles. The exposition, suitable for both students and armchair physicists, requires no previous knowledge of the subject and only the simplest mathematics, taught as needed. With this better understanding of one science, readers also gain an appreciation of the role of research in science, the provisional nature of scientific theory, and the ways scientific exploration can uncover fundamental truths. Thus, from a science of everyday experience, we learn about the nature of the universe. 606 $aThermodynamics 615 0$aThermodynamics. 676 $a536.7 700 $aBerry$b R. Stephen$0440306 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793596003321 996 $aThree laws of nature$93745102 997 $aUNINA