Title:
Three laws of nature : a little book on thermodynamics / R. Stephen Berry.
Author:
Berry, R. Stephen, 1931- author.
Publication Information:
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Call Number:
QC311 .B49 2019
ISBN:
9780300238785
Physical Description:
xi, 168 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
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Contents:
What is thermodynamics? : the First Law -- Why we can't go back in time : the Second and Third Laws -- How did classical thermodynamics come to exist? -- How do we use (and might we use) thermodynamics? -- How has thermodynamics evolved? -- How can we go beyond the traditional scope of thermodynamics? -- What can thermodynamics teach us about science more generally?
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