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Robinson Crusoe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as robinson)
avg rating 3.68 — 332,786 ratings — published 1719
Gallows View (Inspector Banks, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as robinson)
avg rating 3.77 — 18,407 ratings — published 1987
A Dedicated Man (Inspector Banks, #2)
by (shelved 16 times as robinson)
avg rating 3.78 — 9,780 ratings — published 1988
A Necessary End (Inspector Banks, #3)
by (shelved 15 times as robinson)
avg rating 3.91 — 7,774 ratings — published 1989
Wednesday's Child (Inspector Banks, #6)
by (shelved 15 times as robinson)
avg rating 4.03 — 8,099 ratings — published 1992
The Hanging Valley (Inspector Banks, #4)
by (shelved 15 times as robinson)
avg rating 3.95 — 9,373 ratings — published 1989
Piece of My Heart (Inspector Banks, #16)
by (shelved 14 times as robinson)
avg rating 4.01 — 6,871 ratings — published 2006
In a Dry Season (Inspector Banks, #10)
by (shelved 14 times as robinson)
avg rating 4.11 — 11,325 ratings — published 1999
All the Colours of Darkness (Inspector Banks #18)
by (shelved 13 times as robinson)
avg rating 3.90 — 8,219 ratings — published 2008
Strange Affair (Inspector Banks, #15)
by (shelved 13 times as robinson)
avg rating 4.04 — 6,991 ratings — published 2005
Cold is the Grave (Inspector Banks, #11)
by (shelved 13 times as robinson)
avg rating 4.06 — 8,021 ratings — published 2000
Watching the Dark (Inspector Banks, #20)
by (shelved 12 times as robinson)
avg rating 4.01 — 7,668 ratings — published 2012
Past Reason Hated (Inspector Banks, #5)
by (shelved 12 times as robinson)
avg rating 3.97 — 7,179 ratings — published 1991
Blood at the Root (Inspector Banks, #9)
by (shelved 12 times as robinson)
avg rating 3.97 — 5,784 ratings — published 1997
Playing with Fire (Inspector Banks, #14)
by (shelved 12 times as robinson)
avg rating 4.07 — 6,909 ratings — published 2004
Dry Bones that Dream (Inspector Banks, #7)
by (shelved 12 times as robinson)
avg rating 4.06 — 6,948 ratings — published 1994
Aftermath (Inspector Banks, #12)
by (shelved 12 times as robinson)
avg rating 4.12 — 10,090 ratings — published 2001
Close to Home (Inspector Banks, #13)
by (shelved 12 times as robinson)
avg rating 4.09 — 7,686 ratings — published 2003
Children of the Revolution (Inspector Banks, #21)
by (shelved 11 times as robinson)
avg rating 3.93 — 7,161 ratings — published 2013
Friend of the Devil (Inspector Banks #17)
by (shelved 11 times as robinson)
avg rating 4.06 — 9,499 ratings — published 2007
Innocent Graves (Inspector Banks, #8)
by (shelved 11 times as robinson)
avg rating 4.01 — 6,091 ratings — published 1996
When the Music's Over (Inspector Banks, #23)
by (shelved 10 times as robinson)
avg rating 4.06 — 8,001 ratings — published 2016
Bad Boy (Inspector Banks, #19)
by (shelved 10 times as robinson)
avg rating 4.00 — 8,900 ratings — published 2010
Abattoir Blues (Inspector Banks, #22)
by (shelved 10 times as robinson)
avg rating 4.00 — 7,345 ratings — published 2014
Sleeping in the Ground (Inspector Banks, #24)
by (shelved 8 times as robinson)
avg rating 4.08 — 7,860 ratings — published 2017
Many Rivers to Cross (Inspector Banks, #26)
by (shelved 7 times as robinson)
avg rating 3.92 — 6,693 ratings — published 2019
Housekeeping (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as robinson)
avg rating 3.81 — 58,938 ratings — published 1980
Careless Love (Inspector Banks, #25)
by (shelved 6 times as robinson)
avg rating 3.91 — 7,732 ratings — published 2018
Kilo Class (Admiral Arnold Morgan, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as robinson)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,715 ratings — published 1998
Gilead (Gilead, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as robinson)
avg rating 3.85 — 125,493 ratings — published 2004
Nimitz Class (Admiral Arnold Morgan, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as robinson)
avg rating 3.96 — 6,842 ratings — published 1997
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as robinson)
avg rating 3.86 — 89,009 ratings — published 1992
Not Dark Yet (Inspector Banks, #27)
by (shelved 5 times as robinson)
avg rating 4.10 — 7,115 ratings — published 2021
Before the Poison (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as robinson)
avg rating 3.78 — 7,430 ratings — published 2011
H.M.S. Unseen (Admiral Arnold Morgan, #3)
by (shelved 5 times as robinson)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,980 ratings — published 1999
Intercept (Mack Bedford, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as robinson)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,044 ratings — published 2010
Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as robinson)
avg rating 3.96 — 41,078 ratings — published 1993
Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)
by (shelved 4 times as robinson)
avg rating 4.07 — 7,619 ratings — published 2023
Hunter Killer (Admiral Arnold Morgan, #8)
by (shelved 4 times as robinson)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,458 ratings — published 2005
Barracuda 945 (Admiral Arnold Morgan, #6)
by (shelved 4 times as robinson)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,716 ratings — published 2003
U.S.S. Seawolf (Admiral Arnold Morgan, #4)
by (shelved 4 times as robinson)
avg rating 4.04 — 2,454 ratings — published 2000
The Shark Mutiny (Admiral Arnold Morgan, #5)
by (shelved 4 times as robinson)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,891 ratings — published 2001
Scimitar SL-2 (Admiral Arnold Morgan, #7)
by (shelved 4 times as robinson)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,584 ratings — published 2004
Jack's Ward (Print on Demand (Paperback))
by (shelved 4 times as robinson)
avg rating 3.89 — 74 ratings — published 1875
The Price of Love: And Other Stories (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as robinson)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,360 ratings — published 2009
Threshold (Chess Team Adventure, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as robinson)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,319 ratings — published 2011
Instinct (Chess Team Adventure, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as robinson)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,757 ratings — published 2010
Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as robinson)
avg rating 3.95 — 33,307 ratings — published 1996
Diamondhead (Mack Bedford, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as robinson)
avg rating 3.98 — 1,339 ratings — published 2009
The Prince and the Pauper (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as robinson)
avg rating 3.87 — 125,798 ratings — published 1881
“In despair, I offer your readers their choice of the following definitions of entropy. My authorities are such books and journals as I have by me at the moment.
(a) Entropy is that portion of the intrinsic energy of a system which cannot be converted into work by even a perfect heat engine.—Clausius.
(b) Entropy is that portion of the intrinsic energy which can be converted into work by a perfect engine.—Maxwell, following Tait.
(c) Entropy is that portion of the intrinsic energy which is not converted into work by our imperfect engines.—Swinburne.
(d) Entropy (in a volume of gas) is that which remains constant when heat neither enters nor leaves the gas.—W. Robinson.
(e) Entropy may be called the ‘thermal weight’, temperature being called the ‘thermal height.’—Ibid.
(f) Entropy is one of the factors of heat, temperature being the other.—Engineering.
I set up these bald statement as so many Aunt Sallys, for any one to shy at.
[Lamenting a list of confused interpretations of the meaning of entropy, being hotly debated in journals at the time.]”
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(a) Entropy is that portion of the intrinsic energy of a system which cannot be converted into work by even a perfect heat engine.—Clausius.
(b) Entropy is that portion of the intrinsic energy which can be converted into work by a perfect engine.—Maxwell, following Tait.
(c) Entropy is that portion of the intrinsic energy which is not converted into work by our imperfect engines.—Swinburne.
(d) Entropy (in a volume of gas) is that which remains constant when heat neither enters nor leaves the gas.—W. Robinson.
(e) Entropy may be called the ‘thermal weight’, temperature being called the ‘thermal height.’—Ibid.
(f) Entropy is one of the factors of heat, temperature being the other.—Engineering.
I set up these bald statement as so many Aunt Sallys, for any one to shy at.
[Lamenting a list of confused interpretations of the meaning of entropy, being hotly debated in journals at the time.]”
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“Progress is like wheels that never stop; they have to keep turning in order to remain relevant to a car and all of its mechanical parts. Stopping is not an option in real time but it is to those that envy progress and upward mobility. Progress never ends because it is infinite but it rebuilds and readjust (s) to take small steps then massive steps if it is hindered.”
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