LEADER 03030nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910827252503321 005 20230725052556.0 010 $a1-283-14440-9 010 $a9786613144409 010 $a981-4299-77-4 035 $a(CKB)3400000000016679 035 $a(EBL)731235 035 $a(OCoLC)740446163 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000522060 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12183251 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000522060 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10527571 035 $a(PQKB)10504955 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC731235 035 $a(WSP)00007694 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL731235 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10479969 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL314440 035 $a(EXLCZ)993400000000016679 100 $a20100622d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDiscover entropy and the second law of thermodynamics$b[electronic resource] $ea playful way of discovering a law of nature /$fArieh Ben-Naim 210 $aSingapore ;$aHackensack, N.J. $cWorld Scientific$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (300 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a981-4299-76-6 311 $a981-4299-75-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 257-258) and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; Self-Testing Kit; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgement; CHAPTER 1 Introduction: A Brief History of Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics; CHAPTER 2 All You Need to Know but Never Dared to Admit that You Already Know; CHAPTER 3 Discover the Uniform Spatial Distribution; CHAPTER 4 Discover the Boltzmann Distribution; CHAPTER 5 Discover the Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution; CHAPTER 6 Entropy and the Second Law in theWorld of Marbles; CHAPTER 7 Entropy and the Second Law in the Real World; CHAPTER 8 Notes; Epilogue; References and Suggested Reading; Index 330 $aThis is a sequel to the author's book entitled ""Entropy Demystified"". The aim is essentially the same as that of the previous book by the author: to present Entropy and the Second Law as simple, meaningful and comprehensible concepts. In addition, this book presents a series of experiments which are designed to help the reader discover entropy and the Second Law. While doing the experiments, the reader will encounter no unexpected results, and concepts of entropy and the Second Law will emerge naturally from these experiments without a tinge of mystery. These concepts are explained with the 606 $aEntropy 606 $aSecond law of thermodynamics 606 $aThermodynamics 615 0$aEntropy. 615 0$aSecond law of thermodynamics. 615 0$aThermodynamics. 676 $a536/.73 700 $aBen-Naim$b Arieh$f1934-$0471923 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827252503321 996 $aDiscover entropy and the second law of thermodynamics$94126785 997 $aUNINA