The Laws of Thermodynamics
Subtitle: A Very Short Introduction
Series: Very Short Introductions
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 103
ISBN-13: 9780199572199
Notes: "First published in hardback as Four laws that drive the universe, 2007, first published as a Very short introduction in 2010"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: label: 1
title: The zeroth law: the concept of temperature
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: The first law: The conservation of energy
pagenum: 16; label: 3
title: The second law: The increase in entropy
pagenum: 37; label: 4
title: Free energy: The availability of work
pagenum: 63; label: 5
title: The third law: The unattainability of zero
pagenum: 80