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Ben-Naim, Arieh, (1934-)

Entropy demystifiedthe second law reduced to plain common sense /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Entropy demystifiedArieh Ben-Naim.
Reminder of title:	the second law reduced to plain common sense /
Author:	Ben-Naim, Arieh,
Published:	Singapore :World Scientific,c2008.
Description:	1 online resource (xxix, 223 p.) :ill. (some col.)
Subject:	Entropy.
Online resource:	http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/6916#t=toc
ISBN:	9812832262 (electronic bk.)

Entropy demystifiedthe second law reduced to plain common sense /
Ben-Naim, Arieh,1934-

Entropy demystifiedthe second law reduced to plain common sense /[electronic resource] :Arieh Ben-Naim. - Expanded ed. - Singapore :World Scientific,c2008. - 1 online resource (xxix, 223 p.) :ill. (some col.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In this unique book, the reader is invited 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 most textbooks on 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 read

ISBN: 9812832262 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

191594
Entropy.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: QC318.E57 / B46 2008eb

Dewey Class. No.: 536.7'3 22

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