LEADER 00000nim a22004815a 4500 003 MWT 005 20210628061055.1 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 210625s2021 xxunnn es i n eng d 020 9781666142013 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 1666142018 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ ttm_9781666142013_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT14246013 037 14246013|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 04 536.7 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Atkins, Peter William|cChemiker, Grossbritannien,|d1940. 245 14 The laws of thermodynamics :|ba very short introduction |h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|cPeter Atkins. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bTantor Media, Inc.,|c2021. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (3hr., 30 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 490 1 Very Short Introductions ; 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 1 Read by Nick Sullivan. 520 The laws of thermodynamics drive everything that happens in the universe. From the sudden expansion of a cloud of gas to the cooling of hot metal-everything is moved or restrained by four simple laws. Written by Peter Atkins, one of the world's leading authorities on thermodynamics, this powerful and compact introduction explains what these four laws are and how they work, using accessible language and virtually no mathematics. Guiding the listener a step at a time, Atkins begins with Zeroth (so named because the first two laws were well established before scientists realized that a third law, relating to temperature, should precede them-hence the jocular name zeroth), and proceeds through the First, Second, and Third Laws, offering a clear account of concepts such as the availability of work and the conservation of energy. Atkins ranges from the fascinating theory of entropy (revealing how its unstoppable rise constitutes the engine of the universe), through the concept of free energy, and to the brink, and then beyond the brink, of absolute zero. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 650 0 Thermodynamics. 700 1 Sullivan, Nick. 710 2 hoopla digital. 800 1 Peter, Atkins.|tVery Short Introductions.|sSpoken word ; 830 0 Very short introductions ;|v226. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 14246013?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ ttm_9781666142013_180.jpeg