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003 OSt
020 _a9783030917937
040 _cIIT Kanpur
041 _aeng
082 _a530.13
_bB762m
100 _aBricmont, Jean
245 _aMaking sense of statistical mechanics
_cJean Bricmont
260 _bSpringer
_c2022
_aSwitzerland
300 _ax, 368p
440 _aUndergraduate lecture notes in physics
520 _aMany people, including physicists, are confused about what the Second Law of thermodynamics really means, about how it relates to the arrow of time, and about whether it can be derived from classical mechanics.
650 _aStatistical mechanics
650 _aMathematical physics
650 _aPhysics -- Philosophy
650 _aThermodynamics
942 _cBK
999 _c566712
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