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This book provides a clear and mystery-free presentation of the central concepts in thermodynamics - probability, entropy, Helmholtz energy and Gibbs energy. It presents the concepts of entropy, free energy and various formulations of the Second Law in a friendly, simple language. It is devoid of all kinds of fancy and pompous statements made by authors of popular science books who write on this subject. The book focuses on the Four Laws of Thermodynamics. As it is said in the dedication page, this book is addressed to readers who might have already been exposed to Atkins' book having a similar title. It challenges both the title, and the contents of Atkins' book, Four Laws That Drive The Universe. One can glean from the title of this new book that the author's views are diametrically opposed to the views of Atkins.
About the Author
CURRICULUM VITAE
Professor Arieh Ben-Naim
Born: July 11, 1934 in Jerusalem, Israel.
1957 Studied Chemistry at the Hebrew University,Jerusalem.
1964 Ph.D. subject of thesis: "Thermodynamics of Aqueous
Solutions of Noble Gases."
1965 - 1967 Postdoctoral fellow at the State of the University of
New York at Stony Brook, New York.
1967 - 1968 Research fellow at the Chemical Physics Dept.,
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey.
April 1972 Associate Professor, the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem.
1973 - 1975 Visiting Scientist at the Theoretical Molecular
Biology Section, LMB, NIAMDD, NIH, Bethesda,
Maryland, USA
Oct. 1974 Professor of Physical Chemistry, the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem.
I have visited many Universities and Research institutes.
For a complete CV see www.ariehbennaim.com
