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How I teach the second law of thermodynamics

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Abstract

An alternative method of presenting the second law of thermodynamics in introductory courses is presented. The emphasis is on statistical approaches as developed by Atkins. This has the benefit of stressing the statistical nature of the law.

Bibliographic Information

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Research Output:
Contribution to journal
Article
Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 491-496 (6 pages)

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Physics Education (Volume 48, Issue 4)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 07/2013

Publication status

Published - 07/2013

ISSN

0031-9120

Publication IDs

  • Scopus: 84879599192