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Entropy
Demystified
The Second LawReduced to mon Sense
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Arieh Ben-Naim
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
World Scientific
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ben-Naim, arieh, 1934–
Entropy demystified : the second law reduced to mon sense /
by Arieh Ben-Naim.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN-13 978-981-270-052-0 (hardcover) -- ISBN-13 978-981-270-055-1 (pbk.)
1. Entropy. 2. Second law of thermodynamics. I. Title.
B46 2007
536'.73--dc22
2007011845
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This book is dedicated to
Ludwig Boltzmann
Picture taken by the author, in Vienna, September 1978.
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