Thomas F Sherman

Energy, Entropy, and the Flow of Nature

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A fresh and unified exploration of the laws that govern natural change, examining the historical roots and meaning of the concepts of energy and entropy. All natural processes¿mechanical, thermal, chemical, electrical, and biological¿are viewed as a flow across free energy gradients that interact with one another.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 146mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 441g
• ISBN-13: 9780190695354
• ISBN-10: 0190695358
• Artikelnr.: 50207669

Autorenporträt

Thomas F. Sherman is Professor Emeritus of Biology at Oberlin College. He is the author of A Place on the Glacial Till (Oxford University Press).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Origins of the Idea of Energy and its Conservation
Chapter 2: Measurement, Dimensions, and Energy
Chapter 3: The Laws of Energy
Chapter 4: Thermal Energy, Temperature, and Entropy
Chapter 5: Energy and Entropy in Heat Engines and Heat Pumps
Chapter 6: The Spreading Tendency of Nature: Brownian Motion and Diffusion
Chapter 7: Chemical Energy
Chapter 8: Biological Energy
Bibliography