Entropy Demystified: The Second Law Reduced to Plain Common Sense
- ISBN-10
- 9812700528
- ISBN-13
- 9789812700520
- Series
- Entropy Demystified
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 221
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- World Scientific
- Author
- Arieh Ben-Naim
Description
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.
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- 2008
- 254 pages
- Paperback
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- 2008
- 260 pages
- Paperback
- World Scientific
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- 2000-01-01
- 196 pages
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- Universal-Publishers
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