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Four Laws That Drive the Universe (Hardcover)
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Four Laws That Drive the Universe (Hardcover)
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List price R450
Loot Price R406
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The laws of thermodynamics drive everything that happens in the
universe. From the sudden expansion of a cloud of gas to the
cooling of hot metal, and from the unfurling of a leaf to the
course of life itself--everything is moved or restrained by four
simple laws. They establish fundamental concepts such as
temperature and heat, and reveal the arrow of time and even the
nature of energy itself.
Written by Peter Atkins, one of the worlds leading authorities on
thermodynamics, this powerful and compact introduction explains
what these four laws are and how they work, using accessible
language and virtually no mathematics. Guiding the reader a step at
a time, Atkins begins with Zeroth (so named because the first two
laws were well established before scientists realized that a third
law, relating to temperature, should precede them--hence the
jocular name zeroth), and proceeds through the First, Second, and
Third Laws, offering a clear account of concepts such as the
availability of work and the conservation of energy. Atkins ranges
from the fascinating theory of entropy (revealing how its
unstoppable rise constitutes the engine of the universe), through
the concept of free energy, and to the brink, and then beyond the
brink, of absolute zero.
C.P. Snow once remarked that not knowing the second law of
thermodynamics is like never having read a work by Shakespeare.
This brief but brilliant book introduces general readers to one of
the cornerstones of modern science, four laws that are as integral
to the well-educated mind as such great dramatic works as Hamlet or
Macbeth.
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