Screen LibraryEntropy demystified : the second law reduced to plain common sense /
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World Scientific,
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| Publisher Address: | Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : |
| Publication Dates: | 2007. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: |
http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/6261#t=toc |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xxv,221pages) : illustrations (some color), charts |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-221). |
| ISBN: |
9812770690 (electronic bk.) 9789812770691 (electronic bk.) |
| CLC: | O414.11 |
| Contents: | Introduction, and a short history of the second law of thermodynamics -- A brief introduction to probability theory, information theory, and all the rest -- First let us play with real dice -- Let's play with simplified dice and have a preliminary grasp of the second law -- Experience the second law with all your five senses -- Finally, grasp it with your common sense -- Translating from the dice-world to the real world -- Reflections on the status of the second law of thermodynamics as a law of physics. |