Entropy Demystified
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Entropy Demystified: The Second Law Reduced to Plain Common Sense
By Arieh Ben-NaimWe have only one specific outcome; here it is: blue = 1, red = 1, white = 1... sum = 3 You can imagine that this specific outcome will be a very rare event. So is the event, sum = 18. There is only one specific outcome that gives the ...
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Entropy Demystified: The Second Law Reduced to Plain Common Sense
By Arieh Ben-NaimOutcome: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Altogether, we have eleven possible outcomes. We shall refer to these as dim events for reasons explained below.2 If you have to choose an outcome, which one will you choose?
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Entropy Demystified
In this unique book, the reader is invited to experience the joy of appreciating something which has eluded understanding for many years — entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
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Entropy Demystified: The Second Law Reduced to Plain Common Sense
By Arieh Ben-NaimThis book has a two-pronged message: first, that the second law of thermodynamics is not infinitely incomprehensible as commonly stated in most textbooks on thermodynamics, but can be comprehended through sheer common sense; and second, ...
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Entropy Demystified: The Second Law Reduced to Plain Common Sense
The acceptance of Boltzmann's molecular interpretation of entropy became inevitable (see Chapter 1). But how come the mystery still did not vanish with the embracing of Boltzmann's interpretation of entropy?
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Entropy Demystified: Potential Order, Life and Money
By Valery ChalidzeAlthough the concept of entropy has been under discussion for one and a half centuries, its philosophical depth has still not been properly explored and it is still one of the most complicated and controversial concepts of science.