Godina izdanja: Ostalo
ISBN: Ostalo
Jezik: Engleski
Oblast: Fizika
Autor: Strani

termodinamika
Certain aspects of calorimetry
Formulation of the First Law
Work and the flow of mechanical energy
Analysis of frictional generation of heat
The meaning of ΔE
Limitations on the generality of ΔE
Methods of extending the generality of energy
The search for an absolute energy
Flux of energy in general
Formulation of the First Law when there is material or electrical flux
Gravitational energy
Summary — The general nature of energy
The second law of thermodynamics
Isolated systems seek a dead level
Reversibility and restorability
Entropy
How shall we handle irreversibility?
The flow of entropy
The entropy of the universe and the entropy associated with radiation
Statistical aspects of entropy
The ensemble and epistemology
Entropy as disorder
Miscellaneous considerations
The universe of operations of thermodynamics
The assumption of matter with special properties
Detailed balancing
Paradoxes of the absolute zero
Biological phenomena and thermodynamics
On `physical reality`
Retrospect and prospect
Index