The Laws of Thermodynamics: A Very Short Introduction - Softcover

Atkins, Peter

 
9780199572199: The Laws of Thermodynamics: A Very Short Introduction
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0199572194 ISBN 13: 9780199572199
Verlag: OUP Oxford, 2010

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From the sudden expansion of a cloud of gas or the cooling of a hot metal, to the unfolding of a thought in our minds and even the course of life itself, everything is governed by the four Laws of Thermodynamics. These laws specify the nature of 'energy' and 'temperature', and are soon revealed to reach out and define the arrow of time itself: why things change and why death must come.

In this Very Short Introduction Peter Atkins explains the basis and deeper implications of each law, highlighting their relevance in everyday examples. Using the minimum of mathematics, he introduces concepts such as entropy, free energy, and to the brink and beyond of the absolute zero temperature. These are not merely abstract ideas: they govern our lives.

In this concise and compelling introduction Atkins paints a lucid picture of the four elegant laws that, between them, drive the Universe.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Peter Atkins is the author of about 70 books, including the world-renowned and widely used Physical Chemistry, now in its 10th edition. He won the Grady-Stack award for science journalism in 2016. After graduating from the University of Leicester and a post-doctoral year in the University of California, Los Angeles, he returned to Oxford in 1965 as Fellow of Lincoln College and University Lecturer (later Professor) in physical chemistry. He retired in 2007, but continues to write and lecture worldwide.

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Verlag
OUP Oxford
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0199572194
ISBN 13 
9780199572199
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
128
Kontakt zum Hersteller
Oxford University Press
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