TY  - GEN
AU  - Atkins, Peter 
TI  - Four laws that drive the universe
SN  - 9780199232369
U1  - 536.71 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Physical laws
KW  - Laws of thermodynamics
KW  - Thermodynamics
KW  - Universe
KW  - Temperature
KW  - Energy
KW  - Entropy
KW  - Work
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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, and from the unfurling of a leaf to the course of life itself - everything is directed and constrained by four simple laws. They establish fundamental concepts such as temperature and heat, and reveal the arrow of time and even the nature of energy itself. Peter Atkins' powerful and compelling introduction explains what the laws are and how they work, using accessible language and virtually no mathematics. Guiding the reader from the Zeroth Law to the Third Law, he introduces the fascinating concept of entropy, and how it not only explains why your desk tends to get messier, but also how its unstoppable rise constitutes the engine of the universe
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