Four Laws That Drive the Universe

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The laws of thermodynamics drive everything that happens in the universe. From the sudden expansion of a cloud of gas to the cooling of hot metal--everything is moved or restrained by four simple laws. Written by Peter Atkins, one of the world's leading authorities on thermodynamics, this powerful and compact introduction explains what these four laws are and how they work, using accessible language and virtually no mathematics. Guiding the reader a step at a time, Atkins begins with Zeroth (so named because the first two laws were well established before scientists realized that a third law, relating to temperature, should precede them--hence the jocular name zeroth), and proceeds through the First, Second, and Third Laws, offering a clear account of concepts such as the availability of work and the conservation of energy. Atkins ranges from the fascinating theory of entropy (revealing how its unstoppable rise constitutes the engine of the universe), through the concept of free energy, and to the brink, and then beyond the brink, of absolute zero.

Über 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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue

1: THE ZEROTH LAW: the concept of temperature

2: THE FIRST LAW: the conservation of energy

3: THE SECOND LAW: the increase in entropy

4: FREE ENERGY: the availability of work

5: THE THIRD LAW: the unattainability of zero

Conclusion

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2007
Fachbereich:	Thermodynamik
Genre:	Importe , Physik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	Gebunden
ISBN-13:	9780199232369
ISBN-10:	0199232369
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Atkins, Peter
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press (UK)
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße:	209 x 132 x 11 mm
Von/Mit:	Peter Atkins
Erscheinungsdatum:	06.09.2007
Gewicht:	0,252 kg