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Thermodynamics
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Thermodynamics, like much of the rest of science, takes terms with an everyday meaning and sharpens them—some would say, hijacks them—so that they take on an exact and unambiguous meaning. We shall see that happening throughout this introduction to thermodynamics. It starts as soon as we enter its doors. The part of the universe that is at the centre of attention in thermodynamics is called the system. A system may be a block of iron, a beaker of water, an engine, a human body. It may even be a
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― The Laws of Thermodynamics: A Very Short Introduction
― The Laws of Thermodynamics: A Very Short Introduction
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[Evolution] is reminiscent of the way that the temperatures of a hot object and a cold object placed in contact with each another approach thermal equilibrium, in conformity with the second law of thermodynamics.
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― The Quark and the Jaguar: Adventures in the Simple and the Complex
― The Quark and the Jaguar: Adventures in the Simple and the Complex
