The laws of thermodynamics

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Peter Hughes reviews this pocket-sized text

The laws of thermodynamics

Peter Atkins

Oxford; OUP 2010 | Pp144 | £7.90 | ISBN 978 0 199872199

This book is essentially a reprint of the Four laws that drive the universe, reviewed previously. With this reprint the book's format has been changed from hardback to paperback and reduced in size to fit into the OUP's Very short introduction series.

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