Discover Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics: A Playful Way of Discovering a Law of Nature

Intends to present Entropy and the Second Law as simple, meaningful and comprehensible concepts. This book also presents a series of experiments which are designed to help the reader discover entropy and the Second Law.

List of contents

Introduction: A Brief History of Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics; All You Need to Know But Never Dared to Admit That You Already Know; Discover the Uniform Spatial Distribution; Discover the Boltzmann Distribution; Discover the Maxwell Boltzmann Distribution; Entropy and the Second Law in the World of Marbles; Entropy and the Second Law in the Real World;

Product details

• Authors: Ben-naim Arieh, Arieh Ben-Naim
• Publisher: World Scientific
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2010
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 206 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 771 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Thermodynamics; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science