Entropy Demystified: The Second Law Reduced To Plain Common Sense

Entropy Demystified: The Second Law Reduced To Plain Common Sense
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Publisher : World Scientific
Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : 9789814476874
ISBN-13 : 9814476870
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Download or read book Entropy Demystified: The Second Law Reduced To Plain Common Sense written by Arieh Ben-naim and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2007-05-04 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 guides the reader through an abundance of dice games and examples from everyday life. The author paves the way for readers to discover for themselves what entropy is, how it changes, and most importantly, why it always changes in one direction in a spontaneous process.


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