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دسته بندی: ترمودینامیک و مکانیک آماری ویرایش: نویسندگان: Robert T. Hanlon سری: ISBN (شابک) : 0198851553, 9780198851554 ناشر: Oxford University Press سال نشر: 2020 تعداد صفحات: 667 زبان: English فرمت فایل : PDF (درصورت درخواست کاربر به PDF، EPUB یا AZW3 تبدیل می شود) حجم فایل: 17 مگابایت
در صورت تبدیل فایل کتاب Block by Block: The Historical and Theoretical Foundations of Thermodynamics به فرمت های PDF، EPUB، AZW3، MOBI و یا DJVU می توانید به پشتیبان اطلاع دهید تا فایل مورد نظر را تبدیل نمایند.
توجه داشته باشید کتاب بلوک به بلوک: مبانی تاریخی و نظری ترمودینامیک نسخه زبان اصلی می باشد و کتاب ترجمه شده به فارسی نمی باشد. وبسایت اینترنشنال لایبرری ارائه دهنده کتاب های زبان اصلی می باشد و هیچ گونه کتاب ترجمه شده یا نوشته شده به فارسی را ارائه نمی دهد.
در قلب بسیاری از زمینه ها - فیزیک، شیمی، مهندسی - ترمودینامیک نهفته است. در حالی که این علم نقش مهمی در تعیین مرز بین آنچه در دنیای طبیعی ممکن است و غیر ممکن ایفا می کند، برای بسیاری به عنوان یک جعبه سیاه غیرقابل کشف ظاهر می شود، بنابراین موضوع را به چالشی برای یادگیری تبدیل می کند. دو مانع به این وضعیت کمک می کند، اولی قطع ارتباط بین نظریه های بنیادی و فیزیک زیربنایی و دومی مفاهیم و اصطلاحات گیج کننده درگیر با نظریه ها. در حالی که برای استفاده موفقیتآمیز از ترمودینامیک برای حل مشکلات واقعی، نیازی به مقابله با هر یک از این دو مانع نیست، غلبه بر هر دو، دسترسی به حس شهودی بیشتری از مشکلات و اطمینان بیشتر، قدرت بیشتر و خلاقیت بیشتر در حل آنها را فراهم میکند. این کتاب دیدگاهی اصیل درباره علم و تاریخ ترمودینامیک بر اساس سه رویکرد یک مهندس، آکادمیک و مورخ ارائه می دهد. این کتاب مجموعه ای استراتژیک از موضوعات اساسی را که شامل نظریه اتمی، انرژی، آنتروپی و قوانین ترمودینامیک است، ترکیب و در یک جلد در دسترس جمع می کند.
At the heart of many fields - physics, chemistry, engineering - lies thermodynamics. While this science plays a critical role in determining the boundary between what is and is not possible in the natural world, it occurs to many as an indecipherable black box, thus making the subject a challenge to learn. Two obstacles contribute to this situation, the first being the disconnect between the fundamental theories and the underlying physics and the second being the confusing concepts and terminologies involved with the theories. While one needn't confront either of these two obstacles to successfully use thermodynamics to solve real problems, overcoming both provides access to a greater intuitive sense of the problems and more confidence, more strength, and more creativity in solving them. This book offers an original perspective on thermodynamic science and history based on the three approaches of a practicing engineer, academician, and historian. The book synthesises and gathers into one accessible volume a strategic range of foundational topics involving the atomic theory, energy, entropy, and the laws of thermodynamics.
Cover Block by Block: The Historical and Theoretical Foundations of Thermodynamics Copyright Dedication Acknowledgements Contents List of Figures Introduction Prologue My Motivation – Too Many Unanswered Questions General Approach The Four Parts Part I – The Big Bang and the Synthesis of the Elements in the Stars Part II – The Atom: Hard Spheres that Attract and Repel Part III – Energy and the Conservation Laws Part IV – Entropy and the Laws of Thermodynamics History The Silent Evidence This Book is for the Curious Mind PART I: The Big Bang Chapter 1: The Big Bang: science The Inflation Theory of How the Universe Began and the Atoms Arrived After the First Three Minutes – One Billion °C and the Formation of Heavier Nuclei After the First 300 000 Years – 3000 °C and Recombination The Formation of the Elements Chapter 2: The Big Bang: discovery Copernicus – the Return to a Sun-centered Universe and the Onset of the Scientific Revolution Brahe and Kepler – the Elliptical Orbit Galileo – One Data Point is Worth One Thousand Opinions Newton and Gravity The Twentieth Century Einstein and the Static Universe Friedmann, Lemaître, and the Expanding Universe Deciphering Starlight Henrietta Leavitt’s Cepheid Variables Einstein credits Lemaître The Meeting of Two Worlds: Cosmology and Particle Physics Gamow, Alpher, and Herman Calculate Conditions of the Early Universe The 5- and 8-Particle Gaps Hoyle Shows the Bridge across the 8-Particle Gap Up Until Now, Only Theory. Then Serendipity Arrived. Epilogue: The Validating Imperfection On to the Atom PART II: The Atom Chapter 3: The Atom: science Forming the Elements – Review Some Staggering Numbers Strange Behavior at Small Scales The Atomic Building Blocks and the Interactions Between Them Quarks – Source of the Strong Interaction Nuclear Decay – Alpha, Beta and Gamma The Electromagnetic Interaction Why the Atom has Volume – the Quantized Orbit Why a Minimum Radius? Heisenberg Uncertainty Pauli Exclusion The Behavior of Orbiting Electrons Enables Modeling the Atoms as Hard Spheres The Incomplete Outer Shell Chapter 4: The Atom: discovery The Rise of Chemistry from Alchemy The False Clarity of History The Rise of Modern Physics Brownian Motion – Manifestation of Atoms in Motion Discovering What’s Inside the Atom Crookes ➔ Thomson ➔ Röntgen ➔ Becquerel ➔ Curie ➔ Rutherford ➔ Planck ➔ Einstein ➔ Bohr ➔ Schrödinger ➔ Heisenberg ➔ Born Crookes ➔ Thomson ➔ Röntgen ➔ Becquerel ➔ Curie ➔ Rutherford ➔ Planck ➔ Einstein ➔ Bohr ➔ Schrödinger ➔ Heisenberg ➔ Born Crookes ➔ Thomson ➔ Röntgen ➔ Becquerel ➔ Curie ➔ Rutherford ➔ Planck ➔ Einstein ➔ Bohr ➔ Schrödinger ➔ Heisenberg ➔ Born Crookes ➔ Thomson ➔ Röntgen ➔ Becquerel ➔ Curie ➔ Rutherford ➔ Planck ➔ Einstein ➔ Bohr ➔ Schrödinger ➔ Heisenberg ➔ Born Crookes ➔ Thomson ➔ Röntgen ➔ Becquerel ➔ Curie ➔ Rutherford ➔ Planck ➔ Einstein ➔ Bohr ➔ Schrödinger ➔ Heisenberg ➔ Born Crookes ➔ Thomson ➔ Röntgen ➔ Becquerel ➔ Curie ➔ Rutherford ➔ Planck ➔ Einstein ➔ Bohr ➔ Schrödinger ➔ Heisenberg ➔ Born Plum Pudding Blackbody Radiation Crookes ➔ Thomson ➔ Röntgen ➔ Becquerel ➔ Curie ➔ Rutherford ➔ Planck ➔ Einstein ➔ Bohr ➔ Schrödinger ➔ Heisenberg ➔ Born Crookes ➔ Thomson ➔ Röntgen ➔ Becquerel ➔ Curie ➔ Rutherford ➔ Planck ➔ Einstein ➔ Bohr ➔ Schrödinger ➔ Heisenberg ➔ Born Just When it Seemed that Physics was Ending Crookes ➔ Thomson ➔ Röntgen ➔ Becquerel ➔ Curie ➔ Rutherford ➔ Planck ➔ Einstein ➔ Bohr ➔ Schrödinger ➔Heisenberg ➔ Born The Balmer Series Crookes ➔ Thomson ➔ Röntgen ➔ Becquerel ➔ Curie ➔ Rutherford ➔ Planck ➔ Einstein ➔ Bohr ➔ Schrödinger ➔ Heisenberg ➔ Born Particles Behave Like Waves Crookes ➔ Thomson ➔ Röntgen ➔ Becquerel ➔ Curie ➔ Rutherford ➔ Planck ➔ Einstein ➔ Bohr ➔ Schrödinger ➔ Heisenberg ➔ Born Crookes ➔ Thomson ➔ Röntgen ➔ Becquerel ➔ Curie ➔ Rutherford ➔ Planck ➔ Einstein ➔ Bohr ➔ Schrödinger ➔ Heisenberg ➔ Born The Historic Solvay Conference of 1927 Pauli Exclusion, the Zeeman Effect, and Electron Spin Spectroscopy Paul Dirac The Neutron The Weak Interaction The Splitting of the Atom The Strong Interaction The Quark The Standard Model Conclusion PART III: Energy and theConservation Laws Chapter 5: Energy: science (and some history) Energy Invented to Quantify Change Events Happen but Total Energy Remains the Same It’s the Change in Energy that Matters Force, Energy, Terminology, History, and Theory – All Intertwined The Deep Dive into the Four Fundamental Interactions Force Results from the Change in Potential Energy with Distance It’s the Change in Potential Energy with Distance that Causes Acceleration What is Force? Empirically Derived Force Equations as a Reasonable Assumption Force and Conservation of Energy Energy Lies at the Core of Thermodynamics Energy of Motion of a Single Body Temperature Quantifies the Average Kinetic Energy of Many Bodies Radiant Energy of Photons Free Fall Theory – the Fundamental Connection between Δ h and v2 The Lever – It’s All About wΔh Free Fall History – Galileo Discovers the Relationship between h and v2 The Mechanical Theory of Heat – Weight Falls, Paddle Spins, Water Heats The Kinetic Theory of Gases The 1st Law of Thermodynamics Chapter 6: Motion prior to Galileo History is Only Clear in Hindsight How to Reconcile the Varieties of Motion Classical Mechanics – the Lever and Free Fall Aristotle Turned Man’s Mind toward the Natural World Chapter 7: Galileo and the Law of Fall Galileo’s Break from Aristotle Discovery of the Parabolic Shape of a Projectile’s Trajectory Galileo’s “Radical Re-orientation” from Pure to Applied Science The Pull toward Experimentation The Law of Fall The Law of Fall Determined by an Ingenious Experiment How Did Galileo Measure a Time-varying Speed? The Dawn of a New Variable to Science – Time What is Speed? Galileo’s Use of Mathematics to Quantify the Physical World Galileo Chose to Ignore Cause The Scientific Method Galileo and the Launch of the Scientific Revolution One Data Point is Worth One Thousand Opinions Chapter 8: Newton and the Laws of Motion Sir Isaac Newton Annus Mirabilis – Newton’s Miraculous Year Gravity and Action at a Distance The Rise of Calculus The Privacy of His Thoughts The Dispute with Leibniz The Path to the Principia Robert Hooke and the Challenge of Circular Motion 1679 – Newton Conquers Circular Motion Why not Hooke? Newton’s 1st Law of Motion The Inadequacy of Language Newton’s Early Insights into Universal Gravitation Mass – a New Concept Newton’s 2nd Law of Motion – “Soul of Classical Mechanics” Newton Turns to Experimentation Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion Force – a New Concept Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation “A prudent question is one-half of wisdom” – Francis Bacon “The Principia was a Tour-de-Force Demonstration of the Intelligibility of the Universe” The Principia Broke Physics Away from Philosophy Epilogue – Completion of the Scientific Revolution Newton’s Relevance to Energy Chapter 9: The lever Analysis of the Lever led to the Creation of Potential Energy Aristotle and Archimedes—Two Different Views of the Lever Aristotle—Equate the Effects at the Opposite Ends of the Lever Hero and his Five Simple Machines Jordanus and Vertical Displacement The Inclined Plane You Can’t Prove a Law Perpetual Motion and the March of Analysis Chapter 10: The rise of mv2 Galileo Connected h with v2 Descartes – the First to Attempt a Conservation Law based on Motion and . . . Descartes –. . . the First to Propose a Mathematical Characterization of Said Motion The Evolution of Kinetic Energy Huygens – Galileo’s Successor Collision Theory – the First Recorded Usage of mv2 Center of Gravity Calculations Provided a Means to Connect Weight (Mass) with Speed Leibniz and the Birth of Modern Physics Leibniz’s Famed Thought Experiment Provided a Different Means to Connect Weight with Speed 1686 – the Birth of dynamics Chapter 11: Bernoulli and Euler unite Newton and Leibniz The Bernoulli Family and Johann the Father First Use of the Word “Energy” in Physics Daniel Bernoulli The Bernoulli Equation for Fluid Flow The Bernoulli Family Drama Leonhard Euler Bernoulli and Euler Chapter 12: Rudimentary version of the conservation of mechanical energy (1750) Simple Machines Revealed Potential Energy in the Form of mg∆h (Mechanical Work) Free Fall and Ascent Revealed the Interplay between v2 and ∆h Leibniz Revealed the Logical Connection between mg∆h and mv2 Newton and Leibniz Revealed the Fundamental Connection between Force, mg∆h, and ½mv2 From the Single Body to Many Particles Chapter 13: Heat: the missing piece to the puzzle The Historians’ Perspectives The 1st Law of Thermodynamics – Revisited The Thermometer Interlude – the Various Theories of Heat The Material Theory of Heat: Caloric The Mechanical Theory of Heat: Work–Heat Equivalence The Kinetic Theory of Gases Chapter 14: Joseph Black and the rise of heat capacity Joseph Black – Separated Temperature from Heat Evaporative Cooling Does Not Make Sense in the Caloric World The Science of Calorimetry and the Doctrines of Sensible and Latent Heats The Dulong–Petit Law Understanding Heat Capacity at the Atomic Scale Conclusion: The Heat Capacity per Atom is the Same for Monatomic Gases = 1.5 R Cvof Crystalline Solid = 3 R Chapter 15: Lavoisier and the birth of modern chemistry Joseph Priestley and Oxygen Cavendish Resolves the Water Controversy – 2 Parts Hydrogen, 1 Part Oxygen Lavoisier – Making Sense of the Data The Death of Phlogiston Conservation of Mass Lavoisier Lays the Foundation for Modern Chemistry A Real Guinea Pig Experiment – Respiration as a Form of Combustion The Two Competing Theories of Heat – Material (Caloric) vs. Motion Lavoisier (Unfortunately) Gave Significance to Caloric Chapter 16: Rise of the steam engine It Started with the Newcomen Engine Lazare Carnot and the Reversible Process “The Great Carnot” – Referring to Father, not Son Sadi Carnot Saved by a Thread Chapter 17: Caloric theory: beginning of its end Early 1800s Provides New Evidence Challenging the Caloric Theory Rumford Bores a Cannon and so Boils Water Davy Melts Ice by Using Friction Young and the Connection between Light and Radiant Heat The Challenge of Invalidating Caloric – There was no Competing Hypothesis Mayer and Joule – Succeeded in Killing Caloric by Ignoring It Work ⇔ Heat Chapter 18: The ideal gas Theorists Attempt to Explain Heat Capacity Chapter 19: The final steps to energy and its conservation But the Science of Heat was Already Complete, Right? Chapter 20: Julius Robert Mayer The Java The Meaning of Bright Red Blood Return to Heilbronn Mayer’s Technical Journey The Challenge of Building a Conservation Law that includes Heat The Piston Mayer’s Logic The Math The Mechanical Equivalent of Heat (MEH) The Community’s Response Returning to Kuhn’s “Inner Belief” Trigger Mayer’s 1845 Publication Mayer’s Fall and Rise Chapter 21: James Joule It Began with the Electric Motor The Impossibility of Perpetual Motion Turning Away from the Electro-Magnetic Motor toward the Magneto-Electric Generator Hand Crank Turns ➞ Magneto-Electric Motor Spins ➞ Current Flows ➞ Water Warms Weight Falls ➞ Magneto-Electric Motor Spins ➞ Current Flows ➞ Water Warms Direct Friction ➞ Water Warms Weight Falls ➞ Paddle Spins ➞ Water Warms Thomson meets Joule Mayer and Joule – Conclusion Chapter 22: The1st Law of Thermodynamics Returning to Kuhn – the Triggers that led to Completion of Boyer’s Three Steps Interpreting Nature without Prejudice Reflections on Work–Heat Equivalence Energy – a New Hypothesis Energy Moves into Academia and the 1st Law of Thermodynamics is Born The Kinetic Theory of Gases: Matter-in-Motion Conclusion Chapter 23: Epilogue: The mystery of beta decay What’s next? PART IV: Entropy and the Laws of Thermodynamics Chapter 24: Entropy: science (and some history) Entropy as a Consequence of Our Discrete World Atoms in a Box The Appearance of Structure in Large Systems of Colliding Atoms Why Uniform-Location and Gaussian-Velocity Distributions Make Sense The Microstate and Statistical Mechanics Mathematical Approach to Analyzing the Microstates – Balls in Buckets Finally, the Relevance of the Number of Microstates The Discovery of Entropy – Clausius and the Steam Engine Entropy Enabled Completion of Thermodynamics Die Entropie der Welt strebt einem Maximum zu10 – Clausius’Version of the 2nd Law Toward a Deeper Understanding of Clausius’ 2nd Law The Historical Path toward Entropy Chapter 25: It started with the piston Heat and Work Met for the First Time Inside the Steam Engine Discovering that We Live at the Bottom of a Sea of Air The Power of a Vacuum The Persistence of Denis Papin Chapter 26: Britain and the steam engine To Summarize Selecting the Path from the Steam Engine to Sadi Carnot Chapter 27: The Newcomen engine Before Newcomen came Savery’s patent The Hornblowers – a Short Overview The Newcomen and Savery Partnership The Increasing Relevance of Engine Efficiency Chapter 28: James Watt Engine Efficiency – Moving the Condenser out of Newcomen’s One-Cylinder Operation Continuous Improvement Watt’s Early Steps toward the Founding of Thermodynamics The Boulton–Watt partnership Jonathan (#2) Hornblower Chapter 29: Trevithick, Woolf, and high-pressure steam Cornwall – “the Cradle of the Steam Engine” “Trevithick Created the Engine that was Destined to Drive the Industrial and Transport Revolutions” Arthur Woolf – Failure in London led to Success in Cornwall The Cornish Engine Thermal Efficiency Measurement Drives Improvement The Role of the Water Wheel in This Story The Origin of Reversibility Sadi Carnot Conclusion Chapter 30: Sadi Carnot Historical Context Thermodynamic Context The Stage Was Set for Carnot’s Inquiry Revisiting the Caloric Theory Carnot’s Hypothesis: Thermal Efficiency = f (TH – TC) What Does the Thermal Efficiency of a Heat Engine Really Mean? Carnot Did the Best He Could with What He Had Carnot’s Logic for Why His Engine Was the Best The Refrigeration Cycle Nature of Working Substance is Irrelevant The Clapeyron and Clausius–Clapeyron Equations Reflections Wrap-up Chapter 31: Rudolf Clausius The Challenge of Creating a New Paradigm The Critical Question Confronting Clausius: What is Heat? Clausius’ Two Principles Heat–work Equivalence Provides New Approach to Analyzing the Heat Engine More Consequences of Heat–Work Equivalence – Again Asking, Where Does the Heat Go? The Arrival of Internal Energy (U) and the 1st Law of Thermodynamics Using the 1 st Law to Study the Properties of Saturated Steam Clausius Took the First Major Step toward Thermodynamics Chapter 32: William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) Thomson’s Early Education was Influenced by French Thought – Heat is Conserved The Thomson Brothers Discover Carnot Challenge #1 – the Ice Engine Prelude to Challenge #2 – Switching Paradigms Challenge #2 – Conduction The Science of Conduction – There is No Such Thing as “Heat Flow” The 1st Law Revisited – a Closer Look at Heat and Work The 2nd Law Struggles to Emerge A Final Note on Thomson’s Consequence Branch of the Entropy Tree William Rankine What Role did Clausius Play in Thomson’s Eventual Paradigm Shift? The Value of Learning History The Two Laws The 2nd Law from Different Perspectives – Down in the Branches of the Entropy Tree A Brief Return to Conduction Thomson’s Paradigm Shift Energy Dissipation and Heat Death Age of Earth Calculations Concluding Thoughts on Thomson Helmholtz’s Rational Approach to a Science based on Cause–Effect Chapter 33: The creation of thermodynamics Temperature The History of Temperature Thomson and the First Glimpse of δQ/T Capturing the New Science of Thermodynamics in the Written Word P. G. Tait Revisionist History John Tyndall The New Thermodynamics Still Lacking a Definitive 2nd Law Chapter 34: Clausius and the road to entropy The Power of Isolation A Brief Recap of How We Got Here Why Two Laws are Needed to Govern the Maximum Performance of Carnot’s Engine What to Do with δ Q/T? Revisiting Carnot’s Engine To Summarize: What Heat is and is not As Discussed Previously, the Properties of Matter The Logic behind Clausius’ Discovery of Entropy More Discussions about Clausius’ Logic Carnot’s Cycle was Unknowingly Designed to Reveal Entropy The Concept of “Equivalent Transformations” From Carnot to Cosmos It Wasn’t Just Entropy that was Important, but the Declaration of an Increasing Entropy The Rise of Irreversibility in Thermodynamics And So We Return Again to Conduction Completing Clausius’ Equivalent Transformation Table Applying his Concepts to Analysis of an Irreversible Heat Engine The Entropy of the Universe Increases But What Happens to the Entropy of an Isolated Body? Gibbs’ Famed Obituary on Clausius Chapter 35: J. Willard Gibbs He Found Problems to Solve in the Papers He Read Gibbs Built on Clausius Gibbs’ First Two Papers Moving Beyond the PV Indicator Diagram: U(S,V) 3D Graphics Early Steps toward Phase Equilibrium of a Single Compound Entropy Maximum leads to Energy Minimum Thought Experiments Involving Isolated Systems: (dG)T,P ≤ 0 for Spontaneous Change Discussion of Select Results from Gibbs’ First Two Papers Chapter 36: Gibbs’ third paper Chemical Potential (µ) Created to Enable Analysis of Equilibrium Development One: Chemical Potential (Continued) Development Two: Gibbs’ Phase Rule Development Three: The Rise of Composite Properties Pure Mathematics Pure Science Combining Math and Science One More Demonstration of the Power of Calculus in Thermodynamics Deduction and the Scientific Method Gibbs Revealed the Central Theories of Classical Thermodynamics Chapter 37: Practical applications and Gibbs energy (G) Maximum Work, Free Energy, Available Energy The Use of Gibbs Energy (G) to Quantify Maximum Work for Constant Temperature and Pressure Interpreting (∆G)T,P as regards Chemical Reaction Spontaneity Summary Chapter 38: Dissemination of Gibbs’ work Path 1: Gibbs ➔ Maxwell ➔ Pupin ➔ Helmholtz ➔ van’t Hoff ➔ community Path 2: Gibbs ➔ van der Waals ➔ Roozeboom ➔ Community Francis Arthur Freeth – Gibbs’ Phase Rule in Practice Translating Gibbs Chapter 39: The 2nd Law, entropy, and the chemist A Most Challenging Chapter The Thomsen–Berthelot Principle Many Wondered, Why Do We Need Entropy? The Meaning of T∆Srxn ∆Grxn Alone Determines Reaction Spontaneity The Electrochemical Cell Directly Measures dGrxn The Inadvertent Contribution of the Electrochemical Cell to Thermodynamics History of Gibbs’ Influence on Electrochemistry Theory The Gibbs–Helmholtz Equation — the Impact of Temperature on ∆G and thus on Equilibrium Chapter 40: Clausius: the kinetic theory of gases Rudolf Clausius The Math behind the Kinetic Theory of Gases Heat Capacity and the Monatomic Gas Mean Free Path Interesting Consequences of the Kinetic Theory of Gases Chapter 41: Maxwell: the rise of statistical mechanic Early Life and Saturn’s Rings From Micro to Macro Testing for Absurdity Maxwell’s Two Publications on the Kinetic Theory of Gases Colliding Balls – Physical Model Maxwell’s Path to the Gaussian Distribution A Beautiful Confirmation Experiment of the Maxwell Distribution The Physical Meaning of γ Gas Viscosity – Theory Followed by Experimental Validation Does the Meaning of Entropy Lay inside the Mechanical Models? Chapter 42: Boltzmann: the probabilistic interpretation of entropy A Mathematical Tour de Force Boltzmann’s Shift into the World of Probability A Challenge Presented to Boltzmann: the Reversibility Paradox Boltzmann’s Response to the Challenge Boltzmann’s Shift to an Even Deeper World of Probability How Many Different Ways to Put Balls in Buckets? One Approach to Understanding Statistical Mechanics Cutting up a High-Speed Film – Each Frame Equals a Unique “Complexion” How Many Ways Can You Place 7 Balls in 8 Buckets? The Meaning of Entropy from Different Perspectives Constraints decrease entropy Intermolecular interactions decrease entropy Energy gradients decrease entropy Thoughts on the mechanical meaning of entropy Sackur–Tetrode Validation Boltzmann – Standing Alone on the Battlefield Boltzmann’s Influence on Those who Followed Gibbs and the Completion of Statistical Mechanics Before Leaving Boltzmann – a Final Comment Regarding His Famed Distribution Statistical Mechanics Provides the “Why” Gibbs – a Great Capstone to His Life Chapter 43: Shannon: entropy and information theory Samuel F. B. Morse Shannon Embraces Statistical Mechanics Terminology to Describe Information Theory Afterword The Science Revisiting the 1st Law of Thermodynamics Revisiting the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics The History The Nature of Scientific Discovery – Thrills, Hard Work, Emotional Hardship Creative Thinking – Solitude Versus Group Creative Thinking – Power of Working at an Interface The Impact of Paradigms The Scientific Method The Human Drama of Science Final Thoughts Bibliography Index