Peter Atkins (University of Oxford Fellow of Lincoln College)

Broschiertes Buch

The Laws of Thermodynamics

A Very Short Introduction

Beschreibung

Among the many laws of science, there are four laws that direct and constrain everything that happens in the Universe. From the sudden expansion of a cloud of gas to the unfurling of a leaf they help us understand the course of life itself. In this Very Short Introduction Peter Atkins' explains what the four laws are and how they work.

Autor

Peter Atkins is the author of about 70 books, including the world-renowned and widely used Physical Chemistry, now in its 10th edition. He won the Grady-Stack award for science journalism in 2016. After graduating from the University of Leicester and a post-doctoral year in the University of California, Los Angeles, he returned to Oxford in 1965 as Fellow of Lincoln College and University Lecturer (later Professor) in physical chemistry. He retired in 2007, but continues to write and lecture worldwide.

Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 174mm x 111mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 108g
• ISBN-13: 9780199572199
• ISBN-10: 0199572194
• Artikelnr.: 27840339

Rezensionen

Review from previous edition It takes not only a great writer but a great scientist with a lifetime's experience to explains such a notoriously tricky area with absolute economy and precision, not to mention humour. Books of the Year, Observer.