ENTROPY DEMYSTIFIED<br> The Second Law Reduced to Plain Common Sense

ENTROPY DEMYSTIFIED
The Second Law Reduced to Plain Common Sense

CONTENTS


FRONT MATTER	i
Introduction, and a Short History of the Second Law of Thermodynamics Arieh Ben-Naim	1
A Brief Introduction to Probability Theory, Information Theory, and all the Rest Arieh Ben-Naim	19
First Let Us Play with Real Dice Arieh Ben-Naim	78
Let' s Play with Simplified Dice and have a Preliminary Grasp of the Second Law Arieh Ben-Naim	92
Experience the Second Law with all Your Five Senses Arieh Ben-Naim	116
Finally, Grasp it with Your Common Sense Arieh Ben-Naim	129
Translating from the Dice-World to the Real World Arieh Ben-Naim	146
Reflections on the Status of the Second Law of Thermodynamics as a Law of Physics Arieh Ben-Naim	186
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