Entropy demystified : the second law reduced to plain common sense /

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Author / Creator:Ben-Naim, Arieh, 1934-
Imprint:Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2007.
Description:1 online resource (xxv, 221 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:English
Subject:Entropy.
Second law of thermodynamics.
SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- Thermodynamics.
Entropy.
Second law of thermodynamics.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11155315
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ISBN:9789812770691
9812770690
9789812700520
9812700528
9789812700551
9812700552
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-221).
Print version record.
Summary: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.
Other form:Print version: Ben-Naim, Arieh, 1934- Entropy demystified. Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2007 9789812700520 9812700528