Twentieth century physics witnessed at least three major shifts - relativity, quantum mechanics and chaos theory - as well many lesser ones. The advance of scienti?c thought in ways resembles biological and geologic transformation: long periods of gradual change punctuated by episodes of radical upheaval. Challenges to The Second Law of Thermodynamics Challenges for any Descriptor of EntropyFinally, Let Us Discuss the Most Mysterious Second Law of Thermodynamics Readership: Undergraduate and graduate students in chemistry and physics, academics and lay persons. Video intro on the Bestsellers on Entropy by Arieh Ben-Naim Request Inspection Copy Contents:Introduction: From Heat Engines to Disorder, Information Spreading, Freedom, and More…Forget about Entropy for a While, Let us Go and Play iGamesThe Astounding Emergence of the Entropy of a Classical Ideal Gas out of Shannon's Measure of InformationExamples and Their Interpretations. This book will guide readers in choosing their own interpretation of entropy.
There will be no more speculative or arbitrary interpretations, nor “older” or “modern” views of entropy. Once the reader feels comfortable with playing this game and acquires proficiency in playing the game effectively (intelligently), he or she will be able to capture the elusive and used-to-be mysterious concept of entropy. In the first part, the reader is asked to play the familiar twenty-Question game. It contains a self-learning kit that guides the reader in understanding the concepts of entropy. This book presents a clear and readable description of one of the most mysterious concepts of physics: Entropy. There are no pre-requisites expected of the readers all that the reader is expected to do is to follow the experiments or imagine doing the experiments and reach the inevitable conclusions. There is no other book of its kind (except “Entropy Demystified” by the same author) that offers the reader a unique opportunity to discover one of the most profound laws - sometimes viewed as a mysterious law - without the tinge mystery. The book is also designed to be enjoyable. It will give the reader the opportunity to discover one of the most fundamental laws of physics - a law that has resisted complete understanding for over a century.
The book is addressed to anyone interested in science and in understanding natural phenomenon. The main “value” of the book is to introduce entropy and the Second Law in simple language which renders it accessible to any reader who can read and is curious about the basic laws of nature. These concepts are explained with the help of a few familiar ideas of probability and a 20-question game. While doing the experiments, the reader will encounter no unexpected results, and concepts of entropy and the Second Law will emerge naturally from these experiments without a tinge of mystery.
In addition, this book presents a series of “experiments” which are designed to help the reader discover entropy and the Second Law. This is a sequel to the author’s book entitled “Entropy Demystified.” The aim is essentially the same as that of the previous book by the author: to present Entropy and the Second Law as simple, meaningful and comprehensible concepts.