ENTROPY DEMYSTIFIED: THE SECOND LAW REDUCED TO PLAIN COMMON SENSE - Hardcover

Ben-Naim, Arieh

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9812700528 ISBN 13: 9789812700520

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2007

Synopsis

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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Review:

This book makes very good reading for all students of thermodynamics, as well as for more-advanced people who do (or do not) feel comfortable with the fascinating concept of entropy. -- CERN Courier "CERN Courier"

About this edition

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 9812700528
• ISBN 13: 9789812700520
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 248