Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics: ... or Why Things Tend to Go Wrong and Seem to Get Worse

by Robert Fleck

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031349490
• ISBN13: 9783031349492
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"