Into the Cool: Energy Flow, Thermodynamics, and Life - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226739373ISBN-10:226739376UPC:9780226739373Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Mechanics, Life Sciences, Earth SciencesBook Topic:Thermodynamics, EvolutionSize:8.94 x 6.06 x 0.79 inchesWeight:1.3206Product ID:SC9SWP7HZB
Into the Cool: Energy Flow, Thermodynamics, and Life
Scientists, theologians, and philosophers have all sought to answer the questions of why we are here and where we are going. Finding this natural basis of life has proved elusive, but in the eloquent and creative Into the Cool, Eric D. Schneider and Dorion Sagan look for answers in a surprising place: the second law of thermodynamics. This second law refers to energy's inevitable tendency to...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226739373ISBN-10:226739376UPC:9780226739373Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Mechanics, Life Sciences, Earth SciencesBook Topic:Thermodynamics, EvolutionSize:8.94 x 6.06 x 0.79 inchesWeight:1.3206Product ID:SC9SWP7HZB
Eric D. Schneider served as senior scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and director of the National Marine Water Quality Laboratory of the Environmental Protection Agency. His work on thermodynamics--a topic he has pursued for more than twenty years--has been widely anthologized and cited. Dorion Sagan is coauthor of Acquiring Genomes and Up from Dragons. Called an...
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