Energy, Entropy, and the Flow of Nature

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Thomas F. Sherman (Professor Emeritus of Biology, Professor Emeritus of Biology, Oberlin College)

Energy, Entropy, and the Flow of Nature

Thomas F. Sherman (Professor Emeritus of Biology, Professor Emeritus of Biology, Oberlin College)

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Oxford University Press Inc
19 April 2018

Thermochemistry & chemical thermodynamics; Environmental science, engineering & technology

Energy, Entropy, and the Flow of Nature presents the essential principles of energetics (thermodynamics) in a straight-forward, easy to understand, and logically-consistent manner. As a student of physical chemistry and as a professor and researcher in biochemistry, physiology, and general biology, the author has seen the problems that arise for students, teachers, and researchers in mastering the laws of thermodynamics. These difficulties can be alleviated by a careful consideration of the historical roots of the ideas involved, and by recognizing that all natural change can be understood as a flow across a gradient of some kind. Part of the effect of every flow is to diminish its own gradient, but the decrease of one gradient can drive an increase in another.

The book's mission is to build a solid understanding of the fundamental concepts of energetics and a confidence in going forth into the many areas that the study of energy opens up. In their applications, the laws of energy and entropy can often involve highly challenging problems and calculations, but the fundamental concepts addressed in this book are easy to understand and require relatively little mathematics.

By: Thomas F. Sherman (Professor Emeritus of Biology Professor Emeritus of Biology Oberlin College)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 142mm, Width: 211mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9780190695354
ISBN 10: 0190695358
Pages: 284
Publication Date: 19 April 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Origins of the Idea of Energy and its Conservation Chapter 2: Measurement, Dimensions, and Energy Chapter 3: The Laws of Energy Chapter 4: Thermal Energy, Temperature, and Entropy Chapter 5: Energy and Entropy in Heat Engines and Heat Pumps Chapter 6: The Spreading Tendency of Nature: Brownian Motion and Diffusion Chapter 7: Chemical Energy Chapter 8: Biological Energy Bibliography

Thomas F. Sherman is Professor Emeritus of Biology at Oberlin College. He is the author of A Place on the Glacial Till (Oxford University Press).

Reviews for Energy, Entropy, and the Flow of Nature

In Energy, Entropy, and the Flow of Nature, the development of our modern understanding of energy is richly discussed in the context of both metaphysical rhetoric and laboratory experimentation... Recommended for advanced undergraduates through faculty and professionals and general readers. -- CHOICE Professor Sherman's book provides students of physical chemistry with a highly readable introduction to the energetics of biological systems. -- Peter Hodder, Chemistry in New Zealand