The Second Law
Resolving the Mystery of the Second Law of Thermodynamics
$82.94
- Hardcover
584 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2023
Summary
Ever since it was first formulated a century and a half ago, the Second Law of thermodynamics (or ‘law of entropy increase’) has had an air of mystery about it. Why is it true? Is it even always true?
In this book, Stephen Wolfram builds on recent breakthroughs in the foundations of physics to finally provide a resolution to the mystery of the Second Law, elegantly showing how it emerges as a general feature of processes that can be described computationally and their interplay with o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781579550837 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1579550835 |
| Author: | Stephen Wolfram |
| Publisher: | Wolfram Media Inc |
| Imprint: | Wolfram Media Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 584 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2023 |
| Weight: | 1.42kg |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 256mm |
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Stephen Wolfram
Stephen Wolfram is a distinguished scientist and bestselling author, and the creator of some of the world’s most respected software systems, including Mathematica, WolframAlpha and Wolfram Language. His work in basic science–including his book A New Kind of Science and the recent Wolfram Physics Project–has had groundbreaking effects on the foundations of many fields. For more than 35 years, he has been the CEO of the global technology company Wolfram Research.
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