Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics: ... or Why Things Tend to Go Wrong and Seem to Get Worse [1 ed.] 3031349490, 9783031349492, 9783031349508
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Table of contents :
Acknowledgements
Contents
About the Author
1 Introduction
References
2 The Nature of Heat
References
3 The Laws of Thermodynamics
3.1 Energy and the First Law of Thermodynamics: Energy Conservation, or What’s Possible
3.2 Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics: Energy Availability, or What’s Probable
References
4 Statistical Interpretation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics
References
5 Implications of the Second Law of Thermodynamics: Why Things Go Wrong
References
6 So, What’s to Do?
References
Further Reading
References
Index
Acknowledgements
Contents
About the Author
1 Introduction
References
2 The Nature of Heat
References
3 The Laws of Thermodynamics
3.1 Energy and the First Law of Thermodynamics: Energy Conservation, or What’s Possible
3.2 Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics: Energy Availability, or What’s Probable
References
4 Statistical Interpretation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics
References
5 Implications of the Second Law of Thermodynamics: Why Things Go Wrong
References
6 So, What’s to Do?
References
Further Reading
References
Index
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