This book is a brief and accessible popular science text intended
for a broad audience and of particular interest also to science
students and specialists. Using a minimum of mathematics, a number
of qualitative and quantitative examples, and clear illustrations,
the author explains the science of thermodynamics in its full
historical context, focusing on the concepts of energy and its
availability and transformation in thermodynamic processes. His
ultimate aim is to gain a deep understanding of the second
law—the increase of entropy—and its rather disheartening
message of a universe descending inexorably into chaos and
disorder. It also examines the connection between the second law
and why things go wrong in our daily lives. Readers will
enhance their science literacy and feel more at home on the science
side of author C. P. Snow's celebrated two-culture,
science-humanities divide, and hopefully will feel more at home in
the universe knowing that the disorder we deal with in our daily
lives is not anyone's fault but Nature's. Â
General
Imprint: |
Springer International Publishing AG
|
Country of origin: |
Switzerland |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
First published: |
2023 |
Authors: |
Robert Fleck
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Dimensions: |
235 x 155mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
216 |
Edition: |
1st ed. 2023 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-03-134949-2 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
3-03-134949-0 |
Barcode: |
9783031349492 |
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