Entropy: a very short introduction
Auteur :
Binney, James
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198901488
Date de publication :
25 sept. 2025
Dimensions :
17,4 x 11,1 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Entropy is an idea that is no less important than energy, but it is not widely understood. We are surrounded by free energy: what we value is energy that's not too polluted with entropy. This book explains how the concepts of energy and entropy were separated from one another over half a century.